deird1 (
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2010-04-22 02:21 am (UTC)
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Kind of like the way you say Kleenex or Band-Aid.
...but I don't. :)
Down here, we all say band-aid, but anyone asking for "Kleenex" would be un-utterably weird. And if you asked for a "Xerox", no-one would know what you meant. They're tissues and photocopies.
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...but I don't. :)
Down here, we all say band-aid, but anyone asking for "Kleenex" would be un-utterably weird. And if you asked for a "Xerox", no-one would know what you meant. They're tissues and photocopies.