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Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

From:Robert B Wilson <han_solo55@...>
Date:Sunday, June 8, 2003, 2:19
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 23:15:06 -0400 "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
writes:
> On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 01:04:29PM +1000, Tristan McLeay wrote: > > Trademark again. Some company named Texta makes textas/texters. So > do > > other companies, but it doesn't matter who makes them: they're > always > > textas (like bandaids are always bandaids, eskis (chilly > bins/coolers) > > are always eskis and gladwrap[1] (clear plastic foodcovering film > > thingy) is always gladwrap). (Except that when other companies > make such > > things, they give them different names, obviously.) > > Sounds similar to Sharpie (permanent magic marker pens). > > > [1]: Well... the company name is Glad and the product is Wrap > > Yeah, we have Glad Wrap over here, too, and many folks use it > generically. > But lots of folks also just call it "plastic wrap".
most people around here call it 'saran wrap'...
> -Mark
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