We use the brand name Hoover as a common noun and a verb. The Americans do not.
All my life I've heard people talking about taking an aspirin. Aspirin was a registered trademark of the German pharmaceutical concern Bayer. The trademark was revoked in 1919 as part of a war reparation/retribution type deal. Bayer also named and trademarked heroin.
Tarmac is a British trademarked brand of asphalt. American don't really use the word much.
I could go on, but who'd read on?
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 13 Jun 2020, 18:08,
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