tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post4095212520218515677..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Conjugation?Michael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-35515661827182221822021-02-04T11:27:25.450-06:002021-02-04T11:27:25.450-06:00Facial tissue! On your grocer’s shelf next to the ...Facial tissue! On your grocer’s shelf next to the toasted oat cereal.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-13404641953129453702021-02-04T09:22:41.517-06:002021-02-04T09:22:41.517-06:00MICHAEL: Now I want to start using the descriptive...MICHAEL: Now I want to start using the descriptive names for things we usually use trademark names for. But what the heck is the full generic name for Kleenex, etc?<br />("Tissue", I guess--but is there more to it?)<br />I must do research.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-35689924734557198892021-02-03T11:51:47.646-06:002021-02-03T11:51:47.646-06:00As with “Scotch tape” and such, I think language f...As with “Scotch tape” and such, I think language finds its way.<br /><br />I had a student years ago who liked to collect generic names for trademarked names: “transparent tape,” “petroleum jelly,” etc.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-26750117940529099142021-02-03T11:14:40.085-06:002021-02-03T11:14:40.085-06:00Google should be very careful about letting people...Google should be very careful about letting people use Google which is trademarked as a verb. I did find a 2013 article about it: https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/no-googling-says-google-unless-you-really-mean-it-1C9078566<br /><br />But more recent articles say that if you say "I googled it" it means you used the Google search engine. <br /><br />But I don't use Google --definitely a DuckDuckGo person! So I just say, "a search" or "I searched" but tend to avoid the use of "Google!"<br /><br />KirstenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com