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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2008
     

    Generally, I accept your info because it seems well researched. However, I shared one piece of trivia regarding the Kleenex:

    The plural of "Kleenex" is "Kleenices." (http://www.gullible.info/archive.php?id=442)

    My friend said that since "Kleenex" is a brand name, it would be exempt from normal word construction rules, such as pluralization. Is that a legitimate stance? (I'm still of the persuasion to believe that you would know what you're talking about :smile: )

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      CommentAuthorFact totum
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2008
     

    The Kimberly-Clark company, makers of Kleenex®, applied for an exemption in 1949. It was denied and therefore Kleenices is the proper pluralization. K-C was so unhappy they vowed they would disdain ownership of the term and have never registered the plural form as a trademark so anyone is free to use it anywhere.

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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2008
     

    Alright! Not only did I have my faith backed up, but I also have additional info for one of my favorite pieces of trivia! Thanks! :bigsmile:

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      CommentAuthormargaret
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2008
     

    NI17EG, you are right to be skeptical of your friend. "Kleenex" is both a proper noun and a colloquialism for "an individual facial tissue" in the American vernacular. When "Kleenex" is used in the latter context, it falls subject to being pluralized like any other noun.

    A good example of this rule is "xeroxes". Xerox was originally a proper noun that has since become a colloquialism for "photocopies", thus rendering a plural form. Please let your friend know that (s)he should do their homework before wildly asserting that their beliefs are fact!

    Thanks for your interest (and faith) in gullible.info! :bigsmile:

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      CommentAuthormargaret
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2008
     

    Outstanding! It's readers like you, NI17EG, that make our hard work all worth while. :krad:

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008 edited
     

    By the way, at K-C, the plural is not Kleenexes, but just Kleenex. If you're ever touring their factory, you might want to remember this or your tour will be cut short. :cry:

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    Is this from experience, Udo? Poor baby...I bet it would be like eating a Nestle bar in Hershey, Penn....Oh, the ridicule...

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     

    True; but I was attempting to aggravate the tour guide. Apparently, I succeeded.

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     
    Posted By: Udoboy

    True; but I was attempting to aggravate the tour guide. Apparently, I succeeded.

    Don't you know better than to aggravate tour guides (unless you're actively trying to get out of a very boring tour)? Tsk, tsk...

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      CommentAuthorFact totum
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     

    I took a tour of the Coors Brewery years ago. The guide -- a kid in his early 20s, I guess -- mentioned that the recipe for Coors had remained the same for X years. I asked him when Coors started using rice to brew the beer and he practically snarled at me, "I don't know."

    I hadn't meant it as a dig, although I am not a fan of Coors and I don't think beer should have any corn or rice in it.
    Water, Malted Barley, Hops, Yeast. That's it. Wheet beers are OK in the spring and summer.

    I thought it was very interesting that he was put out by me mentioning what was in their beer.

    "Pardon me, Mr. Coors tour guide, when did Coors start using strychnine as an ingrediant in their beer?"

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