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Speaking pet peeves
So, I'm watching RHoAtlanta. Kim and Kroy have a "baby consultant" in to teach them how to change a boy's diaper. The woman, who is dressed like a nurse, comes in and asks, "Do you have any experience with changing pampers?". Then she goes on to say, "Ok, you're going to open the pamper like this...". Um, they're DIAPERS. There is no such thing as a pamper. Well, there is, as a verb. Pampers is a brand name of diapers. I guess if those were indeed Pampers BRAND diapers she was holding, she could call it that, but that's totally not what she meant. The way she said it, she calls every kind of diaper a pamper which sounds ridiculous to me.
Re: Speaking pet peeves
That is annoying. That's like when people say kleenex, jacuzzi, jet ski, etc.
eta: I have decided I don't like the word pamper. It sounds weird to me for some reason.
I can't decide if you are being sarcastic. I was going to say, I'm sure it's regional but often brand names become so popular, they start standing in for the generic name. Example: In the south, pop or soda is usually called coke unless you actually want a Pepsi.
I mean, I assume no one says anymore, "I'm going to use Google and search for RHOAtl."
TSD, that scene bugs the chit out of me too. But not because of the Pampers.
It's Kim's stupid azz comment, "I don't know what to do with a penis." Is that really a legit statement as you sit there, 8 months pregnant? Something tells me that homegirl has known what to do with a di(k for a few years now.
It was all of it. I don't know about regional. I've heard it PLENTY here so I don't think it's an Atlanta thing. And Atlanta and NJ are not really in the same region aside from being east coast.
Kim is annoying on all fronts. I haven't watched at all this atlanta season but I didn't know what to watch at 1p. If I was at home, I'd be putting E in for a nap right about now and then taking one myself. I have to find something to watch between 1-3p now.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say no region calls all diapers pampers.
Nappies - maybe.
I think Fallin's point was that kleenex and jet ski are in no way comparable to pampers.
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No, it was the opposite. I don't know anyone personally who calls all diapers Pampers but I don't see how that's any different from people who call tissues Kleenex (I know both people), or jet skis (uh, what else are they called? Personal watercraft? I don't know anyone who doesn't use jet ski.). Or anyone who doesn't use Google to mean "search the internet."
For some reason those don't sound as stupid to me as Pampers does.
I wasn't being sarcastic at all. So many brand names have made their way into mainstream speech (much to the delight of the companies I'm sure.) I'm sure Pampers would LOVE it if people called them a pamper and not a diaper.
Jet ski is technically a Kawasaki thing. I don't know what you'd call it otherwise. We call ours a jet ski and it's a Yamaha. Google tells me I should be calling our Yamaha a "waverunner".
I wasn't sure about the "that is annoying" part. But yeah, I agree that brand names become common usage for the category.
Ooh I thought of another one - bandaid.
We call all diapers "pampers" in our classroom, regardless of brand. I never really gave it much thought before this post.
But I also say bandaid, kleenex, jet ski, etc....so there's that
I think it is a cultural trend thing. A lot of African American's use the term Pampers down here.
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Fun(?) fact: when a trademark becomes a default description for an item, it's called "genericide", and you absolutely don't want it to happen to your trademark because you lose the right to exclude other people from using it. Other examples: trampoline, dry ice, aspirin, cellophane, escalator, zipper, pilates.
Ahhh, trademarks class.
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I have heard it referred to as Pampers here in Ohio.
One of the blogs I follow has had to change their name since they had Crockpot in their name. They released a statement about not being endorsed or sponsored by the Sunbeam Corporation.
I think my DCP might call all diapers pampers. She'll tell me when I get low, "Rocco needs more pampers" but I've never used them. Always kirkland or huggies. She calls them pampers every time.