@Aces to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish • 7 months agoBrand names that have become common wordsimagemessage-square185arrow-up1675arrow-down123
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minus-square@BearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-27 months agoI don’t know anyone who calls tissues “Kleenex”. Wonder if it’s regional or generational.
minus-square@klemptor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish10•7 months agoCould be. I’m 42 and from NJ and I’d call them kleenex or tissues interchangeably.
minus-square@transmatrix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months ago43 from CA/AZ and am in the same boat.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months ago30 in Texas and the two are used interchangeably here too.
I don’t know anyone who calls tissues “Kleenex”.
Wonder if it’s regional or generational.
Could be. I’m 42 and from NJ and I’d call them kleenex or tissues interchangeably.
43 from CA/AZ and am in the same boat.
30 in Texas and the two are used interchangeably here too.