Has Google become the new Kleenex?

[jaerdaph]

1970's: I am stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me!

1990's: I am stuck on BAND-AID® Brand, cause BAND-AID®'s stuck on me!

 

[Ferret]

I puzzles me, that these things happen, that brand names are used not what they are. I have never heard that, I have heard of it. It just seems stange.

 

[Jdvn1]

Everyone that works for Google is a millionaire.

Now that'd be cool...

 

[demiurge1138]

I have noticed the generifying of Google. But hey, Kleenex, Aspirin, Xerox and Band-Aids are all still around, right?

Demiurge out.

 

[Mark]

Has Google become the new Kleenex?

Yes. And when google is unavailable, I search on my sleeve...

 

[Xath]

In some places in the US, all sodas are referred to as Cokes.

 

[der_kluge]

In some places in the US, all sodas are referred to as Cokes.

There was a website that did an analysis of that. I guess in a lot of places in the Southern US, it's customary for folks to order "coke" at a restaurant, when they have no real preference. Me and my wife both do this.

And I guess in England, people don't vacuum their carpets, they "Hoover" them. Can anyone from England verify this?

 

[IronWolf]

There was a website that did an analysis of that. I guess in a lot of places in the Southern US, it's customary for folks to order "coke" at a restaurant, when they have no real preference. Me and my wife both do this.

My wife said this is how it worked in the part of Texas she is from. People always ordered with the word Coke.

 

[reveal]

I'm from Alabama and "coke" is the correct vernacular when refering to soda. It probably has to do with the fact that Coke was started in Georgia.

 

[ssampier]

Google-fu

My Google-fu skills uncovered an BBC New article from 2003 that indicates Google was trying to avoid being a common word or phrase:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3006486.stm

Yo-yo was once a trademarked term. I believe that Kleenex and Weed-eater are shortly becoming generic terms.

BTW, that article mentioned the British use of the term "hoovering" for vacuuming.