gigi:
Looks that way.List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia
The equivalent here is Scotch Tape: “Appears in dictionaries as both generic and trademarked. Trademark Law advises that proper usage is “Scotch brand cellophane tape” to combat “generic tendencies”.”
ETA: I was wondering about “Elastiplast”. I love that name.
My mom used to type forms for a neighbor on our Selectric, where the form was blue and typing would make the letters clear. Mistakes were corrected with a bottle of blue ink. Would that have been the basis of a mimeograph? I thought a ditto was a copy of a regular white page with typing? And I remember them being damp and smelly fresh off the machine.
Many years ago on holiday/vacation in U.S., I had need of an Elastoplast & I asked someone in Salt Lake City Greyhound bus station for a ‘plaster’ (uk non-brand term) - May as well have been speaking Martian…
gigi
March 1, 2016, 12:12am
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I’ve heard of it only because of “As Time Goes By”.
