Re: Capiltalisation

In article <45782e1a$0$32030$fa0fcedb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Blue Sow
<blue@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Nick Wagg wrote:

Do you never say "hoovering"?


No. My vacuum cleaner was not manufactured by Hoover but even if it
were, I would still say 'cleaning' because that is what I do with
that piece of equipment. My parent used to say that she would 'vac
the bedrooms' or similar, but using 'vac' as an abbreviation for
'vacuum clean' is not quite the same as turning a trade name into a
verb.

When you do the washing, do you say 'hotpointing'?

I don't; I've got a Hoover!

'Scuse me while I nip off and Hoover me undies...

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