{"id":3070,"date":"2018-12-25T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2019-05-20T16:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T07:34:51","slug":"min-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/min-4\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4f7f\u3048\u308b\u82f1\u8a9e\uff01\u301c\u30d6\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u540d\u304c\u305d\u306e\u307e\u307e\u7269\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306b\uff01\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone, it\u2019s Min here!<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently I have been intrigued by brand names that have turned into generic terms or common words. It all started when I was asking a Japanese friend of mine to pass me a stapler. She looked a little surprised as she didn\u2019t know what I was referring to. It was then when I recalled stapler being called \u30db\u30c1\u30ad\u30b9 hochikisu<\/i> in Japanese, and not \u30b9\u30c6\u30fc\u30d7\u30e9\u30fc suteepuraa<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The term \u30db\u30c1\u30ad\u30b9 hochikisu<\/i> might have originated from the American stapler company \u2018Hotchkiss\u2019 back in the 20th century.\u00a0 <\/span>When I first heard of \u30db\u30c1\u30ad\u30b9 hochikisu<\/i>, I had no idea what it was until I googled (here\u2019s another brand name that has turned into a commonly used verb) it as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

I then began to think about what other brand names have turned into generic terms and below are a few of them:<\/span><\/p>\n

– Band-aid (adhesive bandage) \u7d46\u5275\u818f<\/span><\/p>\n

– Scotch tape (clear adhesive tape) \u30bb\u30ed\u30cf\u30f3\u30c6\u30fc\u30d7<\/span><\/p>\n

– Wite-out (correction fluid) \u4fee\u6b63\u6db2<\/span><\/p>\n

– Jacuzzi (hot tub) \u6ce1\u98a8\u5442<\/span><\/p>\n

– Ping Pong (a brand of table tennis products) \u5353\u7403<\/span><\/p>\n

– Sharpie (permanent marker) \u6cb9\u6027\u30de\u30fc\u30ab\u30fc<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing how these brand names have turned into generic terms. Although there are many English-speaking countries around the world, I\u2019m sure we all name our products differently. In Australia, we refer to correction fluid as wite-out, but I know there are countries that haven\u2019t adopted wite-out as a generic term.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another example is \u2018band-aid\u2019. Here in Australia, any adhesive bandage is referred to as \u2018band-aid\u2019. I’m pretty sure Americans call them ‘band-aid’ too, but according to my British friend, they call it \u2018plaster\u2019 in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I find it interesting even when I\u2019m speaking to my English-speaking friends from different parts of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let me know if there are any more items I have missed out here.<\/span><\/p>\n

I really want to know!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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