[logpogingg]

Just wondering how branded my psyche is compared to the rest of you.

For example

I call bandages for small wounds Bandaids
I call tissue Kleenex
I call soda's Cokes
I call quick drying adhesives Super Glue


off the top of my head that is what i can think of...
can you guys add anymore?

[Creva4k]

Hoover
Walkman
iPod

That's all I can think of for now

[logpogingg]

Hoover
Walkman
iPod

That's all I can think of for now

iPod=MP3 player to me, had one before Ipods came out
Hoover=Vacuum cleaner to me
Walkman= walkman to me too.

[Jadykeery]

Tipp-Ex
Selotape
Blu-Tack

[logpogingg]

i don't even know what any of those are

i guess this will be very country specific.

Oy... selotape we call scotch tape in the states
Tipp-Ex is called White Out or Liquid Paper (top 2 brands) in the US, but almost never correction fluid

[Jadykeery]

Scotch tape (a brand) over here is a lesser sticky type tape compared to selotape (another brand, but its sticky back plastic)

Tipp-Ex is correction fluid

Blu-Tack is blue re-usable gum to stick items on walls like photos and posters etc.

[Creva4k]

Tipp-EX = correction fluid.

Blu-Tack - blue sticky stuff, a bit like plasticine, that you can use to stick stuff up

I think Selotape is the stand out one. I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't even realise it's a brand name.

[asivisepo]

I always Google stuff, never just search for it.

[logpogingg]

I always Google stuff, never just search for it.

same here

[pobrierce]

I think Selotape is the stand out one. I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't even realise it's a brand name.

That's the same with Scotch tape in the US.

[JackTimQSR]

Rollberblades was the name for inline skates when I was a kid.

[Kghikeds]

Scotch tape
Kodak
Walkman
Duck Tape
RollerBlades

Off the top of my head, and yes we use those names even though we speak french

[art_fan_12]

lego
aspirin
pampers
google
nike or as some people say phonetically nike-eez
xerox
post-it

[Creva4k]

Kodak

What do people use Kodak to mean?

lego

Ditto Lego? To me the only "Lego" is Lego.

[Kghikeds]

Bungle, I can't find the appropriate name in English !! I feel so stupid....ah ok, it's a still camera.

[offemyJuccete]

Javex, Popsicle

[imawlBoli]

Not originally a brand name, but anyway: Jeep.

Ziploc Bags
Velcro
Aspirine

For my grandmother all sewing machines were Singers. [yes]

Most of the common modern materials used are originally brand names: NyLon, Teflon, Bakelite.

[imawlBoli]

Bungle, I can't find the appropriate name in English !! I feel so stupid....ah ok, it's a still camera.

A Polaroid. [yes]

[Creva4k]

Javex, Popsicle

What are they?

[logpogingg]

What are they?

popsickle is a type of icecream stick