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Post #531291

Author
ferris209
Parent topic
Different Names for Things (Was: Brand Names Used in Place of Generic Descriptions)
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Date created
4-Sep-2011, 4:19 AM

Here in Texas, all soft drinks are Coke. If you sit down at a table and the waitress asks what you want to to drink (tea, water, Coke), you say Coke, she'll then ask what kind. I noticed it years ago that people from other states would get flustered at that point. It was just common place to me to order a Coke and then specify a Mountain Dew.

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All "weed whackers" are weed eaters.

Every reciprocating saw is a Sawzall.