Hoovering with a Dyson

[NoviceKnitter]

I wish I didn't get irritated when people say they're going to do the hoovering, rather than the vacuuming, even if they don't own a Hoover vacuum cleaner - in fact I wish I could bring myself to say hoovering, so I could be like everyone else, but I can't. Am I alone? (Fully expecting to be - even I think I'm a pedantic weirdo on this.) I think I would still say vacuuming even if I had a Hoover. I don't say I'm just going to do the Bosching, even though I have a Bosch washing machine. But maybe I should start.

[fatzak]

And is it because I am just an northern thug that I do the "vaccing" or "vaccing up" See, I can't even spell it it's such a made up word

[Emprexia]

Biro.. there's a brandname thats synonimous with particualr pens, wether they're biros or not.

[Tallis]

...and on Blue Peter they also said "clear glue" and "white glue" when you could clearly see thumping great tubes of UHU and Copydex with their names blacked out?

[MargeSimpsonMyAlterEgo]

So do you wear Wellies/Wellingtons?

[MargeSimpsonMyAlterEgo]

.. and have a Sandwich?

[TheDevilWearsPrimark]

Blu tack is another.

No one ever says bluish sticky gummy stuff, or something like.