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Comment by badc0ffee

8 hours ago

Americans don't call a vacuum cleaner a Hoover, do they? The British definitely do.

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throw-12-16  2 hours ago

I don't think so, but I typically hear them use brands like Kleenex, Band-aid, etc instead of tissue, bandage.

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