For some reason, it's creeping me out. I'm afraid to see one of those next big thing named Lundi, Ball, Tisch or Hora. It's like we're robbing our languages of their meaning, bit by bit, for commercial purpose.
We can do better than that, can't we?
For some reason, it's creeping me out. I'm afraid to see one of those next big thing named Lundi, Ball, Tisch or Hora. It's like we're robbing our languages of their meaning, bit by bit, for commercial purpose.
We can do better than that, can't we?
And we also gain new common words from brands that become generic, like Tabloid or Bikini.
Bikini isn't a brand that became a generic word. It is a loan word from the native Marshall Islanders(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini_Atoll), that was stolen for a brand then became generic. Which ironically proves his point.
It is. The fact that the brand name itself was derived from an existing proper noun doesn't change that fact.
And speaking of language abuse, I feel that some day the verb 'steal' will be synonymous with every possible offense. How does one steal an island name?