vacuum or hoover????

Question

while answering another question I realisedthat British people seem to say they 'hoovered' up whilst Americans say they 'vacuumed'. Am I right???
Do you hoover the carpets/floors or vacuum the carpets/floors. Also , where are you from??
Thank you :))))

thanks everyone. Maybe I wasnt too clear for some of you but in the British Isles, we say hoover (even though its a brand name I know!!) I dont know any of my friends here who say "vacuum". Interesting aint it?? :))))

Holly cookie star, dont get dstressed, you call it what you like!!
Suppose we will carry on saying biscuit instead of cookie. D'ya know that cookie only means choc chip biscuits to us over here??? thanks again :)))

Holly, that always makes me laugh about the trousers!! you gotta realise it makes us giggle when you say pants!!

What do you call knickers then??? Pants are knickers!!!

Hi Mikey G

thats a good point.!! Although we Britons would say "tissue " or "plaster". Blooming interesting this hey???

Answer 1

I'm from the US living in the UK ... Annoys the hell out of me. Hoover is a BRAND but whatever I give up. I just say what I like and if no one else likes it too damn bad.

They're pants damnit! ... Oh well I figure I'm entertaining someone

I'm just gonna give up and start speaking in Russian ...

Answer 2

My parents and I emigrated from Britain to the U.S. in 1960. I called the vacuum a Hoover and the act of vacuuming "hoovering" until my mid-20's when people pointed out to me that it was incorrect English.

Answer 3

Hi Ditto, I vacuum, and as you know I'm from the U.S. People.Holly Cookie Star, you shouldn't get so worked up, especially if you've ever asked anyone to hand you a Kleenex (which is a brand name used by a particiular tissue company), or put a Band-Aid on a cut, since Band-Aid is a braned name used by a specific company that produces adhesive bandages! Everyone calls an action or a general product by a brand name that's closely associated with it in some form or another.

Answer 4

Yep I (from the South East of England) hoover the carpet and the floor. I must say that vacuuming sounds a lot nicer.
Also heres a few other words for you:

A Band Aid is known as a plaster so if we cut ourselves we'd use a plaster to cover it up.

You say Sweater we say Jumper.

Anyways I prefer the American accent a whole lot better.

God Bless The USA.

Answer 5

Between vacuum and hoover, I would say vacuum.

However, I usually say "sweep" whenever I am referring to vacuuming.

I do like the sound of "hoovered up", though. I may start saying that.

U.S.A.

Answer 6

If you're from Australia - you vacuum carpets, maybe with a hoover - if you happen to own that particular brand,
Otherwise - you rely on flatmates to keep carpets clean.

Answer 7

well hoover is a name of a vacuume so Id say vacuum because i might not be using that brand. USA.

Answer 8

I dont do either i live in a cardboard box !! So i kinda just tip it up once in a while to get all the fleas out .....











Not really i hoover im from the UK

Answer 9

I vacuum. I live in NYC.

Hoover is a brand name to me.

Answer 10

I say "vacuum." Pennsylvania, USA