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Probably local but any instant noodle snack in the UK is referred to as Pot Noodle.
Different Names for Things (Was: Brand Names Used in Place of Generic Descriptions) — Page 2
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A "compact folding scooter" is called a Razor scooter.
A "fixed-blade fighting knife" is called a Bowie Knife. (though nobody seems to own that).
A "multi-function pocket knife" is called a Swiss Army Knife.
A "multi-function pocket tool" is called a Leatherman.
Eye drops are called Visine, Clear Eyes.
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Bingowings said:
Probably local but any instant noodle snack in the UK is referred to as Pot Noodle.
Top Ramen in the US?
Australia is Maggi Noodles or just two-minute noodles.
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We just call it "Ramen" or "Ramen Noodles".
Hence the Pastafarian blessing, "Ramen".
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A "baited cockroach enclosure" is called a Roach Motel.
A "string trimmer" is called a Weed Wacker. (whipper snipper here but not trademarked AFAIK)
A metal torch (or flashlight) is called a Maglite.
"Personal insect repellent" is called Aeroguard.
"Insect bite reliever" is called Stingose.
I wish I hadn't bothered with all those damn quotes now. Although most of the generic descriptions are lifted from Wiki or product page results.
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What about an Allen key... Who was this Allen guy and is he making some money from that?
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doubleKO said:
"Insect bite reliever" is called Stingose.
wut
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Probably local. It's what you spray on if you forget the Aeroguard.
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doubleKO said:
Aeroguard.
wut
;-)
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I think it's really funny that mostly in the US you are so customed using brands. It just shows how important all the advertising etc. is there. Few that comes to mind here are Post-its and some weird people call all colas Coke.
And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.
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LexX said:
I think it's really funny
lol
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LexX said:
I think it's really funny that mostly in the US you are so customed using brands. It just shows how important all the advertising etc. is there. Few that comes to mind here are Post-its and some weird people call all colas Coke.
Beat me to it. Post-its and Blu-Tack were next on the list.
Some of these are due to advertising and market dominance but others are there because they were the first and only company making those things. By the time the competition got there the name was synonymous with the product.
Coke is a strange one. People don't tend to call other colas Coke, but will order Coke instead of cola unless they prefer something else. Ordering a drink as 'bourbon and Coke' rather than 'bourbon and cola' is probably the most common substitution.
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RedFive said:
You have foreshadowed the diversification of this thread, which is now about Different Names for Things in general.
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doubleKO said:
People don't tend to call other colas Coke,
RedFive's map proves this wrong actually. Coke used as a generic term for all carbonated drinks, not just cola? That's definitely a bit weird.
Things with three or more common terms:
soda/pop/soda pop/soft drink/fizzy drink/Coke
candy/sweets/lollies
ketchup/catsup/tomato sauce
yiros/yeeros/gyro/kebab
bologna/baloney/polony/devon
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doubleKO said:
yiros/yeeros/gyro/kebab
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TV's Frink said:
doubleKO said:
yiros/yeeros/gyro/kebab
Hey, does anyone remember that FOTC song?
:)
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
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"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
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I can't believe that I'm sharing a yeero with the most beautiful girl I have ever seen with a yeero.
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TV's Frink said:
doubleKO said:
yiros/yeeros/gyro/kebab
That's actually souvlaki/shishkebab/shishkebob/kebab ;)
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I've never heard anyone call a gyro a kebab anyway :p
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I never heard gyro at all until the Seinfeld subway gyro episode.
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doubleKO said:
TV's Frink said:
doubleKO said:
yiros/yeeros/gyro/kebab
That's actually souvlaki/shishkebab/shishkebob/kebab ;)
At least to me, that is definitely not a shiskebob.
Though it does sound a bit like a sufllaqe.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
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doubleKO said:
LexX said:
I think it's really funny that mostly in the US you are so customed using brands. It just shows how important all the advertising etc. is there. Few that comes to mind here are Post-its and some weird people call all colas Coke.
Beat me to it. Post-its and Blu-Tack were next on the list.
Some of these are due to advertising and market dominance but others are there because they were the first and only company making those things. By the time the competition got there the name was synonymous with the product.
Coke is a strange one. People don't tend to call other colas Coke, but will order Coke instead of cola unless they prefer something else. Ordering a drink as 'bourbon and Coke' rather than 'bourbon and cola' is probably the most common substitution.
Coke was just an example in my country, I don't think it's that common in the US. I just hate it cause I'm a Pepsi guy. ;) Older people seem to think they're all Coke. Btw, I had a girlfriend who didn't know that Pepsi was cola, too, she thought Coke was the only cola drink. I almost flipped.
I can understand some brand names which are in use like Post-its, because there isn't a suitable name for a paper-which-has-a-sticky-edge. But if you can't say copy instead of Xerox then it's very strange outside the US, LOL.
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barbecue/B-B-Q/cookout
bathing suit/bathers/swimming costume/trunks/swimmers/togs
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doubleKO said:
barbecue/B-B-Q/cookout
