Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Pritt Stick, Biro, Hoover.

Hello!


At last everyone is now included in the blog! (:
S'all good. You probably will be thinking, what a strange title?

Well they all do have some purpose and do link in some way - I promise.


All the things in the title:

  • Pritt Stick
  • Biro
  • Hoover

All are different makes, brands of a particular things, however they have grown to become names of the objects. Which they were never meant to be. Many times people say 'Can you pass me the pritt stick please?' and infact it isn't actually a pritt stick at all - just a glue stick. A biro is the same, only one type of pen is actually a 'biro' all the others are 'ballpoint pens' - but again they have been grouped together and called biro's just like the glue/prittsticks. Hoovers are much the same, 'hoover' is a make, not a name for an object. Mind you, i've never heard someone say; 'Oh get the dyson out dear' xD I don't know if there are any other example of this sorta thing... Let me know if you can think of any?


And for anyone who doesn't understand what I am going on about i'll explain another time for you ;)

Goodbye Fellow Nerds.


xxxxxxx

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11 comments:

  1. J27 July 2010 at 14:18

    *clicks invisible like button*

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  2. Emma27 July 2010 at 19:41

    erm... we say we have a cup of tea, because everyone used to drink from cups, but we still say a cup of tea now even though we use mugs.
    Is that okay?xD idk.

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  3. Louu27 July 2010 at 21:34

    -Brain hurts xD-

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  4. Emma28 July 2010 at 10:25

    Big Ben isn't the name of the tower- it's the name of the bell inside the tower.

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  5. Emma28 July 2010 at 10:35

    The tabret, timbrel, and tambourine all share the same roots and history, but really are different instruments.
    Tabret- Small, hand held drum with tastles that dates back to 1740BC
    Timbrel- Sometime has a drum, sometimes doesn't, has streamers AND bells/ metal disks to make noises. Dates back to around the time of Christ and is rarely used today
    Tambourine- Sometimes has a drum head, has two rows of bells and doesn't have streamers. Is commonly used today, especially in Mrs Saxons music lessons.

    But most people today generalise these into Tambourines because they are the most recent- THEY ARE DIFFERENT, and getting them mixed up makes women on Britains got talent very, very angry.

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  6. Emma28 July 2010 at 10:37

    I think I'm getting a bit too into this;)

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  7. Emma28 July 2010 at 13:50

    Another one!xD
    Chanpagne is only champagne if it comes from the city Champagne in France. Stuff that is often called champagne is really only sparkling wine.

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  8. J28 July 2010 at 13:51

    ^ Bloody hell, someone's got a lot of free time :L

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  9. Emma28 July 2010 at 17:31

    I really do-.-
    days of it.

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  10. Laura Skelton29 July 2010 at 19:17

    Woooo Emma you did well ;)
    Pahaa, someone do another post?

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