Harry wrote in
:

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:27:57 GMT, HaLiGoOn
wrote:



[snip]

Marrette is a brand name of wire connector. Actually "Wire Nut" is
a
brand name also, Ideal owns the trade name wire nut... It's like
calling a snowmobile a "ski-doo", ski-doo is a brand name.
Either
way, people will know what your talking about.

These are all eponyms.


There was a person named "wire nut"?

Where'd you come up with THAT?

Anyway, it's still funny.

Interestingly, there have been a few things in the local paper about
people getting electrocuted when trying to steal copper wire. Could
those be the "wire nuts"? :-)


"These are all eponyms"

I had to look that word up.

"An eponym is a word derived from someone's name."