Are people really this ignorant?

[Moose-LandTran]

For years (decades actually) Xerox has been synonymous with photocopying, "I'm going to Xerox this form..." and for years, Xerox has vigorously defended their name, to keep it from falling into public domain.

Charles

I don't know about you guys, but back home in England we all say "hoovering" instead of vacuuming. Everyone calls a vacuum cleaner a Hoover, regardless of make.

 

[Snappy]

I don't know about you guys, but back home in England we all say "hoovering" instead of vacuuming. Everyone calls a vacuum cleaner a Hoover, regardless of make.

That ***** !!

 

[supertooljunkie]

Yes, but no one mentioned the...........

BRAISING torch (what kind of meat are we grilling tonight?)

or..............

SOLTIRING (what better way to join copper pipes together?)

Apparently he cannot read, his own pic shows the cylinder markings, 40 CU. FT.

I don't think he knows how to set the date on his camera either.

Charles

Our wonderful government schools at work.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

That ***** !!

Very nice.

 

[Brad54]

saw zaw ?
People that aren't very knowledgeable, refer to all reciprocating saws as Sawzall's (Milwaukee). The one in the ad is a Porter-Cable reciprocating saw.

And everyone refers to tissues as "Kleenex," photo copies as a "Xerox," and those adhesive things I'm always putting on my knuckles to stop the bleeding as "Band Aids."

Griping about people referring to all recip saws as a "sawzall" is either too **** retentive, or too tool geek. I can't decide which, but if that really bugs you, then it's one of the other.

In answer to the OP's question: Yeah. People really are that ignorant. And then some.

-Brad

 

[scooby074]

But is there really any excuse for these errors in this day and age of spellcheckers?

 

[tenorplayer23]

No kidding>>>>>Grammar checkers, online dictionaries, spelling checkers, calculators, online thesauruses, every automatic tool you can think of for simple communication construction..............but then again, you have to have an intelligent thought to start with.

See ya.

But is there really any excuse for these errors in this day and age of spellcheckers?

 

[Kurt4440]

http://buffalo.craigslist.org/tls/1450298433.html
If it doesn't sell, raise the price.

 

[G1K]

To sell a copy machine as a Xerox machine, when in fact it was another make is one thing, but what if it was a Z-rocks machine for sale?

R

 

[gofastman]

while were on the topic, is it S-K or S and K?

 

[t100]

would someone explain how many tons to make "one mega ton"?

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/tls/1454435902.html

 

[Wascally Wabbit]

would someone explain how many tons to make "one mega ton"?

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/tls/1454435902.html

Mega = million
Kilo = thousand