kirkoman@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agoThe plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down15
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareThe plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices.kirkoman@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 days agoI call them “tissues.” Calling all tissue Kleenex is like my mom calling all video games Nintendo.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoinsisting on calling all tissues kleenex is how the company loses the rights to the name
minus-squarekirkoman@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 days agoFWIW, I just learned that escalator and kerosene started as trademarked brand names.
I call them “tissues.” Calling all tissue Kleenex is like my mom calling all video games Nintendo.
insisting on calling all tissues kleenex is how the company loses the rights to the name
FWIW, I just learned that escalator and kerosene started as trademarked brand names.
So did Frisbee
Xerox machine
Cellophane
Dumpster