TheTango@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoCBC: Kleenex maker says famous tissues to be wiped out of Canada soon, citing 'unique complexities'www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkCBC: Kleenex maker says famous tissues to be wiped out of Canada soon, citing 'unique complexities'www.cbc.caTheTango@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
Growing up in Canada we did not refer to tissues as tissues. We called them Kleenex. It’s one of those weird Canadian-isms.
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoYep, that’s why there’s so many things called hook and loop, to avoid the trademark.
Yep, that’s why there’s so many things called hook and loop, to avoid the trademark.