N_Cook wrote:

More generally is it a litigious USA thing. In the UK we are quite happy
to refer to a hoover or selotape or Stilsons or Mole-grips or Jubilee
Clips or veroboard or whatever, instead of a generic term


Bull****. The generic terms are used, because there are so many
brands. If you've never been to the United States you have no idea of
its size. A lot of brands are regional, so someone outside of that area
wouldn't know what you were talking about.


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Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to
have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.