PhoenixOnly said:
Marmooset said:
Queen Michael said:
My mother thinks iPod is a word referring to all mp3-players.
This isn't ignorance. It's simply a media saturation generalization. Your complaint is something akin to someone in the 1890's complaining, "My mother is so behind the times that she calls acetylsalicylic acid
Aspirin!" Well guess what, youngster...
Difference is, theres not many brands of acetylsalicylic acid. There are however many different types of mp3 players ready to buy. So its more like saying "My mother is so behind the times that she calls chocolate bars
Kit Kats!"
Actually, there were many brands of acetylsalicylic acid, and it had been around for 30 years when Aspirin came along. And, as of Sept 9, 2009 (most recent figures I can find) Ipod has a 73.8% share of the MP3 market - a wee more sizeable than Kit-Kat or Bayer (Currently around 20%).
But you keep trying.
Me, I'm gonna keep calling em Walkmans.
(Interesting tidbit: Bayer was also the company that invented Heroin (also a trademark), and was part of the conglomerate that produced Zyklon-B, a powerful gassing agent used in a number of concentration camps. And
that's why you should never change labels on your pharmaceuticals!)
