By Will Sturgeon
Published: Monday 14 August 2006
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Well - what in Google's name is going on here then? Pun intended! No-one, no matter how powerful, or rich, they may think they are, can stop language evolving, and may this long continue. I think after reading this story I might attempt to change the use of the word google, to mean that one has egg on one's face!
Hoover did not seem to lose out on the generic use...
Alistair Hughes
Another great example is Photoshop...
"Just 'phot...
Lenroc
I'll remember this the next time I xerox something...
Scott Reeves
YaHoo, should be so lucky, but for some strange re...
M. Bohan
Well - what in Google's name is going on here then...
Anonymous
Get over it guys, isnt Google doing what all brand...
Sherl
Stand well back! Someone just pulled a PR hand gre...
Robert Sweetman
Google should be proud to be the Rolls Royce of se...
Anonymous
I bought a Dyson....erm, Hoover, so what's the pro...
Anonymous
You've all missed the point guys. It's cheap publi...
Mark Hosey
Biro, Hoover, Walkman (Sony)...
... none of the...
Anonymous
Google's PR?
What a pathetic way to make a livin...
Phil Lean
Yahooing?! Come on! Sounds daft, that does. Anyway...
Anonymous
This is not new at all. Google has been sending ou...
Matt Cutts
Aren't these Google chappies americans?
Well I...
galley slave#41
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