Re: [microsound] podcasting site?

[Guillaume Grenier <grenier.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/07/05 14:22, info@xxxxxxxxx said in living color:

>  it's the same difference as saying "get the hoover luv" when really one
> should say "be a dear and fetch the vaccum cleaner"
> or "i need a kleenex" when really one should say "i need a tissue"

And Aspirin, Zipper, Escalator, Velcro, Jeep, Styrofoam, etc. etc.

See: http://rinkworks.com/words/eponyms.shtml

And: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/meponym.html


Actually, the situation is slightly different WRT to "podcast".

First, the word does not refer to a product, but rather to a technology or
communication means to which a trademarked product bears some association.

Second, the word is only partially constituted by the name of a product (and
it's not even the complete name).


Does anyone have other examples that follow more or less the "podcast" word
formation parameters?

g.

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Guillaume Grenier - grenier.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx

"Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."

(Dwight Eisenhower)



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