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Post #525407

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Pennsylvania Jones
Parent topic
Different Names for Things (Was: Brand Names Used in Place of Generic Descriptions)
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Date created
20-Aug-2011, 8:36 PM

doubleKO said:

A "flying disc" is called a Frisbee.

And here's a geeky factoid: did you know that in the book Secret of NIMH was based on, the Brisbys were actually the Frisbys?  They changed it when Wham-o Inc. placed a copyright on the name.  Funny thing is, Frisby is a real name, but Brisby isn't.