Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: pcolbeck on 11 January, 2010, 10:12:22 am
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How many brands have been so succesful that we now use them to describe that type of product generically ? The obvious ones are:
Hoover - a vacuum cleaner and we have it as a verb as well.
Coke - now used to refer to any type of cola.
Google - getting there, it's made it as a verb but not as a generic noun so far.
How many others are there ?
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Tannoy
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Pernod & Cointreau
(never a happy mix)
Tarmac - or was the company named after the product ?
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Arghhh!* The amount of people who call a tampon a Tampax.
*Maybe, Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! would be more apt.
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Pernod & Cointreau
(never a happy mix)
Tarmac - or was the company named after the product ?
Originally a tar version of the road invented by by a Mr McAdam I believe?
Rumour (or history) has it I believe that a barrel of tar spilt on a McAdam road near Denby in Derbyshire, and the result was a very stable and hard wearing bit of road.
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JCB
Polaroid
Semtex
Sellotape
Tipp-Ex
Duck tape
Valium
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Durex
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Prozac
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Tarmac - or was the company named after the product ?
Named after it's inventor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam).
Kleenex.
Mac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintosh) (The garment)
EDIT - oops! Just seen the cross post with Giropaul :-[
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Isn't Thermos a trade name? Dewar Flask never really caught on.
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Aspirin, Heroin, Petrol.
Damon.
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No, I don't think 'Damon' is one ;)
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Just remembered another one:
Rizla
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Post-It
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Tarmac - or was the company named after the product ?
Named after it's inventor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam).
Sure, I appreciate that, but was the company of the same name the company of the inventor ?
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Pritt
Xerox (tho that's all but gone now, but it was very prevalent).
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Walkman
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Tarmac - or was the company named after the product ?
Named after it's inventor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadam).
Sure, I appreciate that, but was the company of the same name the company of the inventor ?
The company was originally formed by Edgar Purnell Hooley as the Tar Macadam (Purnell Hooley's Patent) Syndicate Limited in 1903. The business was secured in 1905 by Sir Alfred Hickman, who became its first Chairman. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1922.
So no, it wasn't.
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LYCRA®
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Stanley knife
Velcro
Vaseline
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Fablon
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Race Blades
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Lilo
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Biro
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So no, it wasn't.
Ta :)
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Blutac
Prittstick
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Robot (kind of)
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So no, it wasn't.
Ta :)
I stand corrected. :)
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Nylon
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iPod :thumbsup:
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WD40
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Jeep
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Aga
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iPod :thumbsup:
Not sure that qualifies?
eeeepc as a term for notebooks>?
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iPod nearly qualifies. MP3 player is such a clumsy term, and I haven't heard a decent alternative.
Meanwhile, IIRC, Linoleum was a trade name, too.
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Sky as in Sky TV
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iPod nearly qualifies. MP3 player is such a clumsy term, and I haven't heard a decent alternative.
Just "MP3" is quite common - "I'm listening to my MP3"
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3in1
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Meanwhile, IIRC, Linoleum was a trade name, too.
It was. The Linoleum Manufacturing Company Ltd was established at Staines by one Frederick Walton. He originally called his product 'Kampticon', but soon saw the error of his ways.
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Freeware.
Damon.
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Oh - and Tupperware, of course.
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Sky as in Sky TV
Whoa there!
He hasn't swallowed up Freeview, Freeview Sat' and Virgin cable, just yet.
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STI is often used as a generic term for integrated brake and gear levers.
Except by Campag snobs. ;)
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Buff®
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STI is often used as a generic term for integrated brake and gear levers.
Except by Campag snobs. ;)
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Just as SIS used to be used for indexing.
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Gilbows for metal shears.
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PC
Elastoplast
Viagra
Jacuzzi
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Portakabin
In Bristol they call them Terrapins. At least that is what I'm led to believe by my fiancée. I think she might just be a bit odd, though. :)
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Portakabin
We got a letter from the marketing bod at Portakabin Ltd a while ago for referring in our publication to a temporary public convenience as a Portaloo when the picture was of a portable toilet made by some inferior company. They are very protective of their brand.
d.
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I keep thinking that this thread is about Kate Moss...
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photoshop(ped)
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Crap(per)
Stilson (Wrench)
Allen Key/Wrench
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I keep thinking that this thread is about Kate Moss...
Librarian, POTD this.
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Portakabin
In Bristol they call them Terrapins. At least that is what I'm led to believe by my fiancée. I think she might just be a bit odd, though. :)
Name of a company which supplies them. It's still around. The term was used in the 1960s & 1970s. Lots of schools in Bucks had them.
Terrapin - off-site building construction techniques at its best. Modular building, modular buildings, modular construction, temporary building solutions, modular building, modular buildings, for classrooms to relocatable buildings using off site manufacturing and modular pre-engineering (http://www.terrapin-ltd.co.uk/php/home/index.php)
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Portakabin
In Bristol they call them Terrapins. At least that is what I'm led to believe by my fiancée. I think she might just be a bit odd, though. :)
Name of a company which supplies them. It's still around. The term was used in the 1960s & 1970s. Lots of schools in Bucks had them.
Terrapin - off-site building construction techniques at its best. Modular building, modular buildings, modular construction, temporary building solutions, modular building, modular buildings, for classrooms to relocatable buildings using off site manufacturing and modular pre-engineering (http://www.terrapin-ltd.co.uk/php/home/index.php)
Our school in Hereford had ‘temporary’ classrooms that were referred to as Terrapins. I assumed this was because they were small, wet and nasty.
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Jet ski and frisbee, both of which are mentioned in a piece I'm working on at the moment. Hmm, do I cap them or not? As neither is explicitly mentioned in our house style guide, the normal rule is to go with the style as per Collins dictionary, which caps both (as nouns but not as verbs). And we do cap Jacuzzi and Portaloo, for example. But "Jet Ski" looks so fussy and old-fashioned...
Just one of the many fascinating decisions that fill my working day. ::-)
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Jacobs chucks
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PC
PC = Personal Computer. That's a manufacturer?
They used to be called IBM PCs or IBM clones, but I think the "clone" bit takes it out of this topic.
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Jet ski and frisbee, both of which are mentioned in a piece I'm working on at the moment. Hmm, do I cap them or not? As neither is explicitly mentioned in our house style guide, the normal rule is to go with the style as per Collins dictionary, which caps both (as nouns but not as verbs). And we do cap Jacuzzi and Portaloo, for example. But "Jet Ski" looks so fussy and old-fashioned...
Just one of the many fascinating decisions that fill my working day. ::-)
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Skiddoo
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Jacobs chucks
Really?
In common use?
In the world of engineering / fabrication, maybe.....
... one might say "I'll use the Bridgeport / Myford / Colchester".
But Jacobs chucks?
In everyday parlance?
Shirley not.
???
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Oh yes - wetordry paper. That was a 3M brand.
And whilst I'm at it, Prittstick, Blutak and Superglue.
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Fiberglass
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PC
PC = Personal Computer. That's a manufacturer?
They used to be called IBM PCs or IBM clones, but I think the "clone" bit takes it out of this topic.
But people refer to computers as PC's in the generic, originally it was the IBM PC, IBM the manufacturer PC the model.
I think it stands :thumbsup:
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Portakabin
We got a letter from the marketing bod at Portakabin Ltd a while ago for referring in our publication to a temporary public convenience as a Portaloo when the picture was of a portable toilet made by some inferior company. They are very protective of their brand.
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As are Bic, regarding the use of the word 'Biro.'
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How about the reverse? Where generic words have been intrinsically linked with specific 'brands'...
How about 'catholic' and 'Catholic'?
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Oh yes - wetordry paper. That was a 3M brand.
Really? That one's a surprise.
And whilst I'm at it, Prittstick, Blutak and Superglue.
Think we had those first two.
As we've had Elastoplast, have we had Band Aid?
And, yes, we had Terrapins at our school (Derby). They'd been put in in the 60s for a five year life. They were still there when I went back in the mid-80s. :-\
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We had Terrapins at school and at the local College of FE. Othe Comps. in the town had them too. We called them huts though, the Maths Hut, of Geography Hut, maths was also taught in the the Geoga Hut though, as was history. I think our old Maths Hut was transported to the College of FE later.
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Oh yes - wetordry paper. That was a 3M brand.
Really? That one's a surprise.
Everyone else's product has 'Waterproof Silicon Carbide Paper' written on the back.
The 3M ones have 'Wetordry'.
At least all those in my wetordry box do.
;) :D
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How about the reverse? Where generic words have been intrinsically linked with specific 'brands'...
How about 'catholic' and 'Catholic'?
It's still used in the origional sense quite frequently though as in "he has catholic tastes". Conservative and conservative would be another.
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Oh yes - wetordry paper. That was a 3M brand.
Really? That one's a surprise.
Everyone else's product has 'Waterproof Silicon Carbide Paper' written on the back.
At least all those in my wetordry box do.
;) :D
we, that's my Dad and I, refer to it as wet'n'dry.
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we, that's my Dad and I, refer to it as wet'n'dry.
If I'm truthful, I call it wet n' dry too.
;)
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Pritt
Prittstick
Prittstick
It's the lovely smell, isn't it?
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Anyone refer to tank / hole cutters as Starrett cutters?
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Brillo pad.
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Vim.
Fairy.
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Perspex
Mr Muscle
Samsonite
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Boy Butter
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Boy Butter
That was actually a generic term that became a brand name...
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Stillson
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Pampers
Clingfilm
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Jacobs chucks
Really?
In common use?
In the world of engineering / fabrication, maybe.....
... one might say "I'll use the Bridgeport / Myford / Colchester".
But Jacobs chucks?
In everyday parlance?
Shirley not.
???
No to Jacobs Chucks.
"Keyed"
"Keyless"
"Half inch"
"Three Eighths"
Never just a "Jacobs"
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Perspex
Plexiglass in the US/Canada
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BacoFoil®
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Pritt
Prittstick
Prittstick
It's the lovely smell, isn't it?
Tipp-ex (another one) for solvent abusers. Especially the thinners.
Has anyone mentioned Sellotape?
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Bazooka.
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Arghhh!* The amount of people who call a tampon a Tampax.
*Maybe, Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! would be more apt.
I think the waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! makes it Bodyform.
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Arghhh!* The amount of people who call a tampon a Tampax.
*Maybe, Waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! would be more apt.
I think the waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! makes it Bodyform.
;D ;D ;D Post of the Day! :thumbsup:
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:facepalm:
At least you "got it" the second time.
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Dyson
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Blakeys
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Blakeys
???
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Blakeys
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Ta-Da! (http://www.keikari.com/blogi/blakeys-shoe-protectors/) :)
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Blakeys
???
I'll have shoe Butler!
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Google !
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Stillson
Cheddar.
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DayGlo
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Blakeys
???
Ta-Da! (http://www.keikari.com/blogi/blakeys-shoe-protectors/) :)
Ah - they were called "Tappets" when I were a lad... ;D
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Tappets? They're segs.
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Tappets? They're segs.
Yep, we called them segs too
And if you Google segs, you get:
Metal Segs Metal Segs by Timpson (http://www.timpson.co.uk/shop/c/20/shoe-care/s/110/metal-segs/g/146/metal-segs)
Blakeys shoe protectors :thumbsup:
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We used tgo do a "Gestetner Copy" of papers when I were a lad at school.
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Bacardi.
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Bandaid (plaster)
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Tracker (for vehicle tracking system)
Tom Tom
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Xerox
and I don't care if that is a copy of a previous post.
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We used tgo do a "Gestetner Copy" of papers when I were a lad at school.
The generic for stencil duplicating was Roneo back in the 1950s/60s
Rob
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Stillson
Cheddar.
Not Stilton
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Blue_Stilton_Quarter_Front.jpg)
a Stillson
(http://www.classic-car-magazine.co.uk/articles/images/nuts/stillson.jpg)
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We used tgo do a "Gestetner Copy" of papers when I were a lad at school.
The generic for stencil duplicating was Roneo back in the 1950s/60s
I did a double take when someone used the term Roneo in conversation recently, as in: "I'll make a Roneo of that document." It might have been less suprising if it had been an older person.
You say 50s/60s but my school still had a Roneo machine in the late 80s. Couldn't afford a photocopier, I guess. But I don't think I have ever used the name generically.
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Martini?
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What? Used generically for rifle? ;D
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Stillson
Cheddar.
Not Stilton
a Stillson
I was wondering whether anyone would notice the joke.
The other point being that 'cheddar' is a generic term for almost any hard cheese produced within the Commonwealth.
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We used tgo do a "Gestetner Copy" of papers when I were a lad at school.
The generic for stencil duplicating was Roneo back in the 1950s/60s
I did a double take when someone used the term Roneo in conversation recently, as in: "I'll make a Roneo of that document." It might have been less suprising if it had been an older person.
You say 50s/60s but my school still had a Roneo machine in the late 80s. Couldn't afford a photocopier, I guess. But I don't think I have ever used the name generically.
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I used a Roneo to do the programmes for Grays Athletic Football Club in the 1980s... It was one of the posh ones that had an early version of a scanner in it.
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'70s TV advert:
♫ Roneo, Roneo, all around the office, Roneo, Roneo, all around the office, Roneo, Roneo...♫
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I was very tempted to quote that for you, but I knew it would be in your head too ;D
Though I think it was,
Roneo, Right, Roneo, Right, Right around the office, Roneo, Right!
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Arghh! Not two versions swimming around now. :(
Right, you f*cker! Have some...
Don Amott king of caravans, low, low prices and a whole lot more.
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Pentel pens
Mole grips
Frisbee
a 99
Acrow props
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Don Amott king of caravans, low, low prices and a whole lot more.
You are a cruel, cruel man. Made worse by the fact that I spent hours getting bored at Don Amotts, as my parents took several visits to choose & buy a caravan, buy various bits for it over several years, and looked for replacements/motor homes, none of which they ever bought...
Here, have one of these >:(
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Rollerblade - amazed it's not been mentioned yet.
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a Stillson
(http://www.classic-car-magazine.co.uk/articles/images/nuts/stillson.jpg)
In southern Africa that's known as a bobbejaan spanner since people who like to use them tend to have the mechanicking skills of a bobbejaan (baboon).
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Slightyl off-track, does anyone know the origin of the expression 'AJ' for an adjustable spanner? I suspect it's a trade name, but not one I recognise (and, having lived in Sheffield, I know a lot of tool company names!). It might, on the other hand, just be short for AdJustable... :-\
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Don Amott king of caravans, low, low prices and a whole lot more.
You are a cruel, cruel man. Made worse by the fact that I spent hours getting bored at Don Amotts, as my parents took several visits to choose & buy a caravan, buy various bits for it over several years, and looked for replacements/motor homes, none of which they ever bought...
Here, have one of these
I'm sorry.
Bet it's been a while since you last saw THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfVp40o159E) young member of the CTC. Augustus Windsock.
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Similarly here this is a monkey wrench for the same reasons. Strange really since wrench is American for spanner and hardly used in the UK except in this phrase.
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Osi-xpwyZ7h-hM%3Ahttp://images.toolspot.co.uk/Adjustables/12in%2520Standard%2520Adjustable%2520Spanner.jpg)
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on the other hand, just be short for AdJustable... :-\
That's why we've always called it that.
The "d" being silent.
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I was brought up calling them shifters, or shifting spanners. Same as Allen keys used to be safety keys, before Allen inc started making them.
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We used to call Allen keys, 'hex keys'.
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Don Amott king of caravans, low, low prices and a whole lot more.
You are a cruel, cruel man. Made worse by the fact that I spent hours getting bored at Don Amotts, as my parents took several visits to choose & buy a caravan, buy various bits for it over several years, and looked for replacements/motor homes, none of which they ever bought...
Here, have one of these
I'm sorry.
Bet it's been a while since you last saw THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfVp40o159E) young member of the CTC. Augustus Windsock.
I remember it as:
Don Amott, King of Caravans, The price is right & the choice is yours...
There seemed to be a bizarre lion on a badly animated ad on ATV/Central telly. Oh, the tune it was sung to was equally dire.
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Don Amott king of caravans, low, low prices and a whole lot more.
You are a cruel, cruel man. Made worse by the fact that I spent hours getting bored at Don Amotts, as my parents took several visits to choose & buy a caravan, buy various bits for it over several years, and looked for replacements/motor homes, none of which they ever bought...
Here, have one of these
I'm sorry.
Bet it's been a while since you last saw THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfVp40o159E) young member of the CTC. Augustus Windsock.
I remember it as:
Don Amott, King of Caravans, The price is right & the choice is yours...
There seemed to be a bizarre lion on a badly animated ad on ATV/Central telly. Oh, the tune it was sung to was equally dire.
Right you (you being a former Midlander)...
Cry havoc and unleash the dogs of war...
At the Bull Ring Shopping Centre there's a smile on every face
At the Bull Ring Shopping Centre it's such a friendly place
There's shops galore and so much more and the famous indoor market
Come by bus or come by car there's a place where you can park it
It's one stop shopping variety
It's one stop shopping for you and me
Pubs and restaurants if you want a snack
Once you've been you'll want to come back...
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Pyrex?
We always used the term to refer to any glass cookware, and I can't imagine all of it actually was made by Pyrex.
Wikipedia has a list of such things: Generic and Genericized Trademarks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks)
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Zamboni
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Ansaphone.
(Although personally I prefer Answerphone, or the more modern usage as Voicemail).
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Don Amott king of caravans, low, low prices and a whole lot more.
You are a cruel, cruel man. Made worse by the fact that I spent hours getting bored at Don Amotts, as my parents took several visits to choose & buy a caravan, buy various bits for it over several years, and looked for replacements/motor homes, none of which they ever bought...
Here, have one of these
I'm sorry.
Bet it's been a while since you last saw THIS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfVp40o159E) young member of the CTC. Augustus Windsock.
I remember it as:
Don Amott, King of Caravans, The price is right & the choice is yours...
There seemed to be a bizarre lion on a badly animated ad on ATV/Central telly. Oh, the tune it was sung to was equally dire.
Right you (a former Midlander)...
Cry havoc and unleash the dogs of war...
At the Bull Ring Shopping Centre there's a smile on every face
At the Bull Ring Shopping Centre it's such a friendly place
There's shops galore and so much more and the famous indoor market
Come by bus or come by car there's a place where you can park it
It's one stop shopping variety
It's one stop shopping for you and me
Pubs and restaurants if you want a snack
Once you've been you'll want to come back...
This means war, indeed!
Beer at home means Davenports,
That's the beer
Lots of cheer
The finest hops,
With malt & yeast,
turns a snack into a feast
Straight from brewery to your home
Why collect,
we'll deliver
Soon you'll know why folks all say,
Beer at home means davenports!
Cheers!
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Back on topic, sort of, in Hungary a clutch is known as a Bowden, presumably after the cable used on them in the old days - or maybe still are.
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Similarly here this is a monkey wrench for the same reasons. Strange really since wrench is American for spanner and hardly used in the UK except in this phrase.
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Osi-xpwyZ7h-hM%3Ahttp://images.toolspot.co.uk/Adjustables/12in%2520Standard%2520Adjustable%2520Spanner.jpg)
That looks like a crescent wrench to me, while this: Monkey wrench - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_wrench) is a monkey wrench.
I believe that "crescent wrench" was originally a brand name that has since become a generic term.
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King Dick
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I believe that "crescent wrench" was originally a brand name that has since become a generic term.
I'd never heard that term, but it appears that Crescent (http://www.ingersolltools.com/images/crescent%2010_in%20crescent%20wrench.jpg) is a brand name.
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Junkers - a gas-fired water heater, where there's a little pilot light that flares up when you turn on the tap. I don't know if the Junkers co is still going. In Poland (seeing as we had a Hungarian one above!)
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Baby Belling
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King Dick
You're missing the point of this, aren't you?
Vise-Grips is a pretty genericised term in the US, although in the UK they tend to be known as Mole-Grips. Mine are real Vise-Grips though.
A couple of bike ones:
Tuffy Tape (Mr. Tuffy was the original kevlar tyre liner)
Aheadset (or A-head)
Non-bike related:
Thermos flask, for a vacuum flask
Cashpoint, for an ATM
Brylcreem, for brilliantine
Photoshopping or Photoshopped (or just 'shopping and 'shopped) has become a generic term for digitally manipulating photographs, and Adobe hate it.
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Aheadset (or A-head)
That was short for "Avenger Headset" IIRC?
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No, Avenger was the 1 1/8" headset size invented by Tioga.
I think "A" meant "Advanced". It was a Dia-Compe trademark but then they sold it to Cane Creek. The patent expires in September this year, at which point Shimano will probably (finally) make them.
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Don Amott king of caravans, low, low prices and a whole lot more.
You are a cruel, cruel man. Made worse by the fact that I spent hours getting bored at Don Amotts, as my parents took several visits to choose & buy a caravan, buy various bits for it over several years, and looked for replacements/motor homes, none of which they ever bought...
Here, have one of these >:(
Don Amott's is the turn-round location of one of my regular rides.I usually use the fixed 'cause it's flat from here to there.
I use the cafe before starting the return journey & have a quick look round at the motor homes to see if they have a Winnebago for a tenner ;)
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Aheadset (or A-head)
That was short for "Avenger Headset" IIRC?
I thought it was short for 'Aninferiordesigntothequillwhichwillgeneratefettlingqueriesforyearstocome headset' ;)
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Just 'kin google it would you?
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tivo it - although mostly in Leftpondia thanks to sky stuffing the tivo here in the UK.
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Bluetooth?
Lastminutedotcom
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Bluetooth?
Never heard of Bluetooth being applied to anything bar a bluetooth connection. Well except as teh name for a Viking which is where Erikson and Nokia giot it from.
Lastminutedotcom
Does nyone use that other than for the actual company of that name ?
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Easy-outs*
*they're not.
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Have we had Tampax yet?
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Have we had Tampax yet?
It's on bleeding page one. ;D
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All right, keep your hair on - just cos you lost the Don Amott war... ;)
How about Anadin, then?
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All right, keep your hair on - just cos you lost the Don Amott war... ;)
How about Anadin, then?
Anadin is fine (someone mentioned Aspirin). Also used for period pain.
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I can't believe we've made it to page 11 on a Cycling forum and not mentioned:
Penny-Farthing
But Wikipedia doesn't think this is a trade name. I'll get my ParkaMackintosh.
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(Carless Capel and Leonard's) Petrol.
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King Dick
You're missing the point of this, aren't you?
I've got a King Dick in my toolbox and I've never said that before.
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Bluetooth?
Never heard of Bluetooth being applied to anything bar a bluetooth connection. Well except as teh name for a Viking which is where Erikson and Nokia giot it from.
I thought bluetooth was a brand from a particular company which was later adopted by everyone? Sorta like Firewire from Apple, which everyone uses instead of IEEE1394?
Lastminutedotcom
Does nyone use that other than for the actual company of that name ?
Ok so strictly speaking this one isn't correct but everyone I know says lastminutedotcom instead of last minute when in a conversation.
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Bluetooth?
Never heard of Bluetooth being applied to anything bar a bluetooth connection. Well except as teh name for a Viking which is where Erikson and Nokia giot it from.
I thought bluetooth was a brand from a particular company which was later adopted by everyone? Sorta like Firewire from Apple, which everyone uses instead of IEEE1394?
Lastminutedotcom
Does nyone use that other than for the actual company of that name ?
Ok so strictly speaking this one isn't correct but everyone I know says lastminutedotcom instead of last minute when in a conversation.
Aye, I know a few people who saying "I'm lastminutedotcom", meaning that they're always running late or finishing things at the last minute.
Back OT: Savlon.
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or TCP.
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ICBA2C but Swarfega
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Anyone mentioned Contiboard, Fablon, Formica?
A problem with a lengthening thread like this is that it becomes tedious to check back.
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Anyone mentioned Contiboard, Fablon, Formica?
A problem with a lengthening thread like this is that it becomes tedious to check back.
I mentioned Fablon.
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ICBA2C but Swarfega
We've already had Valium and Prozac.
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Phillips and Pozidriv (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidrive) screws and screwdrivers.
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Does Whitworth count? I think it was originally a trade name, but came to describe a standard...
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... Swarfega...
...Valium and Prozac.
I have never been prescribed any of those.
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Does Whitworth count? ...... but came to describe a standard...
Joseph Whitworth standardised thread sizes AFAIK
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BlackBerry?
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Phillips and Pozidriv (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidrive) screws and screwdrivers.
And indeed Torx for that matter.
d.
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Does Whitworth count? ...... but came to describe a standard...
Joseph Whitworth standardised thread sizes AFAIK
He created a method for manufacturing to fine tolerances, and created a standard screw-thread for his own use. These were marketed as Whitworth screws, but the format was adopted as a British Standard (BSW)
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ICBA2C but Swarfega
We've already had Valium and Prozac.
Vaseline?
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I think someone slipped in Vaseline earlier
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KY?
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I think someone slipped in Vaseline earlier
Hope they didn't hurt themselves.
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Does Whitworth count? ...... but came to describe a standard...
Joseph Whitworth standardised thread sizes AFAIK
He created a method for manufacturing to fine tolerances, and created a standard screw-thread for his own use. These were marketed as Whitworth screws, but the format was adopted as a British Standard (BSW)
He took an average of other concerns' threads and came to the 55º angle and standard pitches we all know and love. In those days even quite small concerns made their own fastenings, some used Whit.'s new standards, others ignored them. It was when the main railway companies such as the Midland and LNWR took them up that they really started to spread. Famous ignorers were Enfield and BSA, hence cycle threads not being Whitworth form.
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A problem with a lengthening thread like this is that it becomes tedious to check back.
Maybe I should shackle Dez to his Mac and get him working on the YACF Pendantiwiki?
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A problem with a lengthening thread like this is that it becomes tedious to check back.
Maybe I should shackle Dez to his Mac and get him working on the YACF Pendantiwiki?
I'm struggling to work out whether this is on-topic or not. ;)
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Maybe I should shackle Dez to his Mac and get him working on the YACF Pendantiwiki?
Do you mean Pedantiwiki, or are you thinking of something a bit more swinging? ;D
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Maybe I should shackle Dez to his Mac and get him working on the YACF Pendantiwiki?
Do you mean Pedantiwiki, or are you thinking of something a bit more swinging? ;D
Careful, Clarion, it's a trap! Damn, too late, you just fell into it.
d.
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Tippex
Sellotape
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You may wish to erase the first and not stick with the second - they've been done before. ;)
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Velcro
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Velcro
Page 2 ;)
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Phillips and Pozidriv (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidrive) screws and screwdrivers.
And indeed Torx for that matter.
I may have well referred to a Phillips screwhead (and other crossheads) as a Pozi, but as far as I know all Torx type screws and screwdrivers actually are Torx, so it's not really a generic term.
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I may have well referred to a Phillips screwhead (and other crossheads) as a Pozi, but as far as I know all Torx type screws and screwdrivers actually are Torx, so it's not really a generic term.
Fair point.
d.
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have we yet had Y- fronts?
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have we yet had Y- fronts?
I have nothing against y-fronts.
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Velcro
Page 2 ;)
Does Page 3 count ? :)
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I have nothing against y-fronts.
clicky (http://www.artthrob.co.za/03nov/images/bell01a.jpg)
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have we yet had Y- fronts?
I have nothing against y-fronts.
I suggest that you get nearer to the front of the queue the next time He is handing them out then ;D
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Does Page 3 count ? :)
Not sure that it does, in this organ ;)
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Stanley knife
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Someone had a stab at that earlier.
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King Dick
You're missing the point of this, aren't you?
I've got a F'King Dick in my toolbox and I've never said that before.
Tell Nutty to use his own tools for fettling... ;D
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Marzipan
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Marzipan
???
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That's private business! :o
</Vic Reeves>
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Dictaphone.
Can I use your Dictaphone?
No. Use your finger like everyone else!
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The old jokes never die ;D
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Kleenex
Nescafe
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Eberspächer
It's weird that this has become a generic term in the boating world as (a) no-one can spell it, and (b) no-one can pronounce it properly. It's a sort of boating central heating run off diesel which sounds like a mini jet engine out the back of your boat.
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It's also generic in the retro VW world.
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Eberspächer
It's weird that this has become a generic term in the boating world as (a) no-one can spell it, and (b) no-one can pronounce it properly. It's a sort of boating central heating run off diesel which sounds like a mini jet engine out the back of your boat.
Except when it's a Webasto or a Mikuni...
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Yebbut I've often heard people refer to 'Eberspächer heating' when they are describing a Webasto or whatever - it seems to have become the overall word for it. I know we use it as the word for boat heating (although ours is an Eberspächer). I love the pronunciations though - Ebber spatcher, stuff like that.
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S'funny. In the Mini world, Webasto has become the generic term for fabric sunroofs.