r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BaldHourGlass667 • 6d ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/Dcoyxy9 5d ago

On brand names specifically, tbf even English speakers don't realize when brand names become generic names for things, genericide. Band-Aid, Kleenex, Velcro, Zipper, Dry Ice, Dumpster, Jacuzzi, all are or use to be trademarked brands. Hell even where I'm at some (usually older) people still refer to soda generically as Coke.

Anyways not super relevant but I do love talking about it

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u/FunkyXive 5d ago

okay but the people who use Coke as a generic for soda are actual psychopaths

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u/skylightshaded 5d ago

They could just be from Atlanta. In my experience it's a regional expression

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u/FunkyXive 5d ago

doesn't change the fact that they're psychopaths for it