#48 Kiedy „Google” Staje Się Czasownikiem – Angielski w Praktyce

If you think about it, you're probably already doing this in Polish. Do you ever call sneakers adidasy? Or diapers, pampersy? Same thing. So when someone says, can you google that? You'll know they're not talking about the company. They're just telling you to look something up. Więc dzisiaj przejdźmy przez niektóre z najnowszych przykładów i porozmawiamy o tym, jak Amerykanie naprawdę je używają. Niektóre z nich będą markami, z którymi jesteś znawany, a niektóre nie. Najpierw na listie jest Kleenex.

We use Kleenex to mean tissue. Kleenex is technically a brand of tissues. But in everyday American English people may use Kleenex to mean any tissue. For example, do you have a Kleenex? This usually means do you have a tissue? Not specifically the Kleenex brand. If you're at someone's house and you have a cold, they might say, there's a box of Kleenex on the counter. Even if it's some different brand. This happens all the time. Number two is chapstick. We use chapstick