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Did you know that although we use those words freely,
they are only BRAND names for
tomato catsup,bandages,and tissues?
Also Jello(gel dessert),
Casio(keyboard)
and…??
Photoshop and Google are well on their way there.
The Wolf
It causes lots of legal problems for trademarks.
Iphone, Blackberry, Itouch etc etc, u can just say phone. Someone who has a nebach motorola doesnt say : ” I forgot my motorola” lol
Jack Daniels;):)
Xerox
scotch tape
Fedex (Its already used as a verb as in, I will FEDEX this today)
White Out (correction fluid)
Post Its (is the 3M brand)
Also Hoover (vacuum cleaner) and zipper (the thing you use to close your sweater) come to mind. There are more. I’ll post them if I remember them
Hoover- vaccum
tylenol
bounce
bounty
I never heard anyone say I’m going to Hoover now…
Although, I did hear Swiffer (G-d bless whoever created that!)
Frigidaire, Q-Tip, Sheetrock, Channel Lock, Elmers, Totes, BVDs, Windex, PC, Clorox…
Vasaline, Walkman, Discman, Coke, Cruzer
When i sometimes read the coffee room posts i actually laugh. Some of you are really having a good time B”H. My question is and honestly speaking, who are you guys? Are you retired with some free time, are you in kollel and working under the shtenda(be careful because you may end up with a huntched back), are you at work and have time off for lunch or some other break? Are you using your bosses computer? Are you doing chesed at sitting with someone who needs company whether at their home or such as hospital? Do you have a snow day off? Are you a homemaker who already has supper ready and is taking a break? Honestly speaking admit where you are emailing from. Yes, about myself…as i told you it’s some form of entertainment which i may do occassionaly. I am part time employed as a therapist and the rest of the time am busy with running the house as a Yiddishe Mamma is supposed to!
Enjoy and have fun!
Could we add some Yiddish/Hebrew names to this log or are we limited to English/American only?
Pampers
Casio
Velcro
Sac-that is what they say in England…
Lia:
Already have said many times boss knows & doesn’t care.
Not to hijack, but many bosses care for results, not how they are gotten to.
ha ha ha ha
Do they? Cool.
Kool-aid.
There is actually an inaccurate negative connotation to Kool Aid because of this.
Jim Jones and his followers didn’t drink poisoned Kool Aid; they actually drank a mix named “Flavor Aid”.
Nonetheless, “drink the Kool Aid” has become synonomous with “follow the leader, regardless of how irrational he is”, based on popular recall of that mass suicide.
Sac: Yes this is NOT a NY only site. Jews do exist also outside of NY and even outside of USA. Posters on YWN also come from Israel, Australia, South Africe and even good old England where I (and perhaps ‘not I’…) come from!
Yes, ‘ha ha ha ha’ is correct that thats how we speak (we as in the ones who started the language that you yanks have TRIED to copy).
Maybe ‘ha ha ha ha’ also happens to come from England?
Catsup is a variant of ketchup. Neither are registered brand names.
For more info, see http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catsup?rh=dictionary.reference.com
Thanks for sticking up for me Ken Zayn!!
I am not English at all!! Lived here for yrs..
It happens to be that you mentioned Hoover too!!
I am not English at all. Lived here for yrs.
I dont know where you refer to as here , but it implies that you werent born where you live now. So where were you born, where are you now, where were you inbetween, and how do you know so well how the English speak?
Realtor
Jacuzzi
Trampoline
are all registered trademarks.
ICOT, do people still call it a Frigidaire? My great grandmother I was told use to do that( she would also call it the icebox).People commonly call cotton swabs Q-tips. Also all or most cereals are trademarked by their respected companies. For example the kellogs and store brand version of cheerios are almost always referred to as that name which is a trademark of General Mills.
how about tylenol
Atwater Kent
Pogo Stick
Razor
Rubik’s Cube
Phonograph
Gramophone
In Sink Erator
Sender Av-
Hi.
“do people still call it a Frigidaire?“
Not really, but “Fridge” (its derivative) is commonly used.
also…
Rice crispies.
Drano.
Roto-Rooter.
Astroturf.
“Spaldeen”.
La-z-boy.
ICOT I believe that fridge is short for refrigerator which is what the item is and not a brand name.
commonsense-
If you Google “where does the word fridge come from”, you’ll find both theories presented. I chose the one that fit this thread.
also…
Vise-Grip.
Sawzall.
Robitussin.
Sender Av, ICOT: My m-i-l, who is 90, always calls the refrigerator “the Fridgidaire.” (We have a different brand.)
“Aspirin” is actually a trademarked name owned by Bayer.
Gavra, may I ask who is the boss? sounds very ideal…
usbaers-
Bli ayin hora – ad maya v’esrim.
My grandmother A”H used to call it the “Frigidaire”, too.
When I was a kid, I thought that was an alternative word for refrigerator.
Anyone here remember “monitor top” fridges?
Bonus: why were they called “monitor tops”?
ICOT:Bonus: why were they called “monitor tops”?
because they watched what you ate?
usbaers-
That’s a great answer, but not the real one.
The cylindrical top of those old refrigerators reminded people of the gun turret used by the Civil War ironclad ship Monitor.
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