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- From: sav@nanette.sni.de (Dr.Savory)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Things go better with cola-flavored soft drinks
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 12:19:12 GMT
- Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, Germany
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- Message-ID: <1e83k0INN7tn@uranium.sto.pdb.sni.de>
- References: <BxM2FF.EB5@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov13.080307.556@black.ox.ac.uk> <Bxnx3p.3w1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <97508@netnews.upenn.edu>
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- In <97508@netnews.upenn.edu> crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford) writes:
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- >In article <Bxnx3p.3w1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tdlg9831@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tracey Dianne Layng) writes:
- >>Yes, Coke is a trademark, but people will say it anyway. It's just like
- >>kleenex. Kleenex is a trademark, but I never hear people say "Give me a facial
- >>tissue."
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- >Or: "I think I'll have some more of that cherry-flavored gelatin dessert."
- >Or: "I have a hangnail. Do you have any self-adhesive plastic bandages?"
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- >On the other hand, I was surprised to hear my British friends talk about
- >"hoovering" the living room floor.
-
- And in spain: UNIX is a brand of fire-extinguishers
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- OBJOKE:
- Put UNIX in your computer centre and watch the fire go out! Ole!
-