That’s just what it’s known as though isn’t it?
You sound like Alan Partridge and the tannoy system
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That’s just what it’s known as though isn’t it?
You sound like Alan Partridge and the tannoy system
Hoover is a brand name, calling a vacuum cleaner a hoover is the same as calling all cars a Ford.Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
That’s just what it’s known as though isn’t it?
You sound like Alan Partridge and the tannoy system
I need to buy a new Ford.
What make are you getting?
Audi.
TThe difference is that "hoover" is something of an onomatopoeia.
There's some fluff on my floor, I'll hoover it up - with my Henry. (and that is NOT a euphemism! )
The word hoover doesn't sound like the noise a vacuum makes.
It is not uncommon for very successful brand names to be commonly used as a generic word that covers rival brands.
Escalator, Heropin, Aspirin, Cellophane, Jet-ski, Jacuzzi, Breatalyser, Ping-pong, Rollerblades, Velcro, Taser, Post-it, Xerox, Plexiglass, Formica, Stetson, Frisbee, Hoola-hoop, Kerosene, Dry Ice, Laundromat, Lino(leum), Lava Lamp, Astro Turf, Memory Stick, Walkman, Super Glue, Tupperware etc.And after a bit of hoovering I like nothing more than a bit of Googling - and I remember a Scottish lady I knew in the 70's mentioning that she was doing the 'Ewbanking'.
Ironically, it is said that a Trade Mark has failed when this happens - as the original brand distinguishes itself less from its competitors.
By the way, the German translation of vacuum cleaner is Staubsauger i.e. dust sucker. Just sayin'..............
Starngely enough, the Welsh word for a vacuum cleaner is sugnwr llwch - which means dust sucker. Who'd have thought it?
Vacuum cleaners suck!
Should have read: 'heroin'
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