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lordedmond:
Biro  UK name for a ball point pen French I think

There are loads but most tend to be local



But the one that winds me up is the use of bulb for lamps , bulbs go in the garden lamps go in lamp holders

Have fun looking forwards to greater enlightenment

Stuart

Ps don't ask someone in the USA for a rubber   :) they know them as erasers not a London rubber product

shipto:
Stanley knife means just about any utility knife with changeable blades

shipto:

--- Quote from: philf on June 05, 2015, 05:58:27 AM ---
--- Quote from: Will_D on June 05, 2015, 05:27:17 AM ---Nylon is named after New York and London as the polymer was discovered almost simulltaneously in those two cities.

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An 'Urban Myth' I'm afraid. Invented (or discovered by Wallace Carothers working for Dupont) and no-one seems to be able to give a definite explanation for the name nylon.

Hoover is now in the dictionary with a small 'h' as a generic term for a vacuum cleaner but in a local shop I saw this taken a bit too far - they had in the window a vacuum cleaner with a price tag titled "Dyson Hoover".

Phil.

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I was going to add in previous thread that Dyson may be taking the honours from Hoover but bet some will still say Dyson hoover lol

vtsteam:
Scotch tape, generic here, though obviously of proprietary ancient Hibernian origin.  :lol:
saran wrap, hershey bar, vise-grips, kleenex, band-aid, xerox, photoshop, aspirin, dumpster, weedwhacker, crockpot, thermos, q-tip......

Though Stuart has meandered OT with illogical non-proprietaries, I won't stoop to that level myself by bringing up cramps, banjos, wireless sets (containing wires), or at least I'll claim not to... :lol:
Stuart, you must also hate the generality of the term "bulbous" even in your fair land.  :)

wgw:
Just before someone else jumps in- Biro invented by Lazlo Biro.

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