NoOp wrote: > On 08/09/2007 10:05 AM, James Knott wrote: > >> Johnny Rosenberg wrote: >> >>> Well, I know I wrote something like "the stupid man", but of course I didn't >>> really mean that he is stupid. He's a chemist and I am sure he is good at >>> that and some other things as well. Maybe "stupid" wasn't the best choice of >>> a word in this case, there are probably a better word for it. He's maybe not >>> even "ignorant". Maybe "uninformed" would describe him in this very case, >>> but that sounds a bit lame... ;P Well, he is certainly a better chemist >>> than I am... >>> >>> >>> >> Perhaps brainwashed? Look at all those who still believe in religion, >> despite all the contradictory evidence and precious little that supports it. >> >> >> >> > > I'd say that it's more like common association like 'Xerox' for copier, > 'Kleenex' for tissue, etc. Just yesterday I read an article in the news > paper (yes I still subscribe to dead wood) where Stanford University > served kids identical food articles from McDonalds. On every item the > kids chose the item packaged in the standard McDonalds wrappers as the > best tasting, even though they were identical. >
The funny thing is that I remember when I still subscribed to Writer's Digest and you would have these firms who would pubilsh ads asking writers _not_ to genericize their trademarked terms (refer to all tissues as Kleenex, and so on). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
