Do you do this?

Question

Do you call every box of facial tissue "Kleenex",

every can of soda "Coke,

every bottle of correction fluid "Whit-out"?

Why do we do this?

Answer 1

White out, saran wrap, scotch tape, bandaids, and even aspirin was a brand name.
Force of habit.

Answer 2

I don't do the "coke" thing, only if it's coke. But yes you're right I do call everything Kleenex or White-out. Bloody ads have brainwashed my mind, that and EVERYONE else calls it that.

Answer 3

yes
yes
yes

1.i do that cause 9 times out of 10 thats the brand of tissue i use
2. cause i am cajun and thats the was i was taught.. cause here when asked you want some coke we ask what kind do ya have
3. is there really anything else to call it that sounds as good

thats my answers and my reasons

Answer 4

Yep. And invisible tape is Scotch Tape. Celo wrap is Saran Wrap. Copiers are Xerox machines.

Answer 5

No. I call them tissues - even Kleenex.

Yes,

Yes.

It's called shrewd branding. Madison Avenue has implanted those terms into our brains and connected them with our subconscious.

It's a conspiracy.

Answer 6

Yes
No. It's Soda
Yes

Because those are the best known brands and people associate those brands as what the objects are named.

Answer 7

That's an aspect of what is called over-generalization. It's also - more -simply - a kind of verbal shorthand.

Answer 8

I don't call every can of soda "Coke", but

I call every disposable bandage a "Band-Aid"

Answer 9

no no yes and
what about hot tubs they always call them jacuzzis oh and the band aids


my bro works w/ saratoga spas and it bugs the heck outta him when peeps do that

Answer 10

No
No
Yes
and I call all bandages, "Band-aids"
That's the power of the market.