Use of trademarked brand names in general language

[drmick]

Arising from the "Is Spartan Impactor?" discussion

Phil

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Feb 23, 2018 20:51:42 GMT The Doctor said:

Feb 23, 2018 20:38:41 GMT drmick said:

Tesco value jaffa cakes are literally not McVities Jaffa Cakes TM either. Just semantics really.

I'll have to agree to disagree with you re: semantics.

Vote #BulletBike

-Ralph

Have you tasted Tesco Value Jaffa Cakes? Even the M&S ones are off somehow.

On semantics, at work once, I was asked was I looking for (for the existence of) a policy, a procedure, or a protocol. As in, each was a different thing. I am not sure if all modern languages have specific translations for those three things. I think they are just examples of English disappearing up its own arse, and middle management creating waffle to justify their own existence.

I usually order Diet Coke at restaurants for lunch. Sometimes I will get given diet Pepsi without consent- that's soft drink rape, that's what that is.

I usually do the hoovering upstairs. With a Dyson.

Most Americans blow their nose on a "Kleenex".

Tipp-Ex, Sellotape, Sharpie. The list of official vs unofficial usage is long. Where does one draw the line?

[Toph]

Feb 24, 2018 0:47:18 GMT drmick said:

Most Americans blow their nose on a "Kleenex".

Because goddamnit when you sneeze and you got snot cascading out your nose, you don't got time to say "would you pass me a facial tissue, please, for I would be ever so grateful"

No! You say "gimme a kleenex!" because your life depends on it!

[Philip Ayres]

We're british, we say it properly and ask for a tissue.

Or carry a handkerchief cos we're civilised.

[Philip Ayres]

Tannoy

[Benn]

Why don't you just google it?

[The Doctor]

Feb 24, 2018 0:47:18 GMT drmick said:

Arising from the "Is Spartan Impactor?" discussion

Phil

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Feb 23, 2018 20:51:42 GMT The Doctor said:

I'll have to agree to disagree with you re: semantics.

Vote #BulletBike

-Ralph

Have you tasted Tesco Value Jaffa Cakes? Even the M&S ones are off somehow.

On semantics, at work once, I was asked was I looking for (for the existence of) a policy, a procedure, or a protocol. As in, each was a different thing. I am not sure if all modern languages have specific translations for those three things. I think they are just examples of English disappearing up its own arse, and middle management creating waffle to justify their own existence.

I usually order Diet Coke at restaurants for lunch. Sometimes I will get given diet Pepsi without consent- that's soft drink rape, that's what that is.

I usually do the hoovering upstairs. With a Dyson.

Most Americans blow their nose on a "Kleenex".

Tipp-Ex, Sellotape, Sharpie. The list of official vs unofficial usage is long. Where does one draw the line?

One draws the line at comparing a soft drink beverage to rape. Don't do it again. You have been warned.

-Ralph