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No real surprise, if the German for 'pressure washer' comes out something like 'highpressurewaterjetsquirtything'.
Shouldn't that be 'Kärcher'?
Never put 'F' where the door is!
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Shouldn't that be 'Kärcher'?
prpr
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Portaloo and sellotape to name two more.
DelftBlue
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Tannoy has become generic for any public address systems.
Apparently "The company's intellectual property department keeps a close eye on the media and will often write to publications that use its trade name without a capital letter or as a generic term for PA systems, in order to preserve its trademark."
I heard a reference to 'the Tannoy' in a recently made film that had a yesteryear setting, and it sounded wrong (a goof like the plastic water bottle on the mantlepiece in Downton Abbey) but when I looked it up, it turned out the company was founded in the 1920s and had trademarked Tannoy by 1932 - so the reference was appropriate.
("Tannoy is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company. It became a household name as a result of supplying PA systems to the armed forces during World War II, and to Butlins and Pontins holiday camps after the war.")
Apparently "The company's intellectual property department keeps a close eye on the media and will often write to publications that use its trade name without a capital letter or as a generic term for PA systems, in order to preserve its trademark."
I heard a reference to 'the Tannoy' in a recently made film that had a yesteryear setting, and it sounded wrong (a goof like the plastic water bottle on the mantlepiece in Downton Abbey) but when I looked it up, it turned out the company was founded in the 1920s and had trademarked Tannoy by 1932 - so the reference was appropriate.
("Tannoy is a syllabic abbreviation of tantalum alloy, which was the material used in a type of electrolytic rectifier developed by the company. It became a household name as a result of supplying PA systems to the armed forces during World War II, and to Butlins and Pontins holiday camps after the war.")
