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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

The plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices.

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The plural of Kleenex should be Kleenices.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

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I call them “tissues.” Calling all tissue Kleenex is like my mom calling all video games Nintendo.
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  FWIW, I just learned that escalator and kerosene started as trademarked brand names.
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    So did Frisbee
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      Xerox machine
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        Cellophane
        
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        Dumpster
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  insisting on calling all tissues kleenex is how the company loses the rights to the name

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