Unitaz = "Universal'nyi Taz" = Toilet Bowl

[Brian Mason]

According to the Caran d'Ache website the name of the company was
actually taken from the Russian word:
http://www.carandache.ch/cda/company/history.lbl.

Brian Mason

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Valentino, Russell
<russell-valentino at uiowa.edu> wrote:
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> To change the subject slightly, it occurs to me that ?????? is one of a small group of trade-names that have become generic terms in Russian.  There is the fairly obscure ??????? [klakson] and the more recent ????? [skotch] and ??????? [kseroks]; no doubt there are others that I haven't thought of.  In the 1970s I found it intriguing to come across the pre-revolutionary ???????? [gerkules], as in ???????????? ???? [gerkulesova kasha].  In connection with the last example I am told that something similar happened in Spanish with Quaker Oats.  Can anyone confirm this?
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> John Dunn.
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> I don't know about Quaker Oats (though I should since they make them nearby), but another of these brand names that I understand became a generic term is the Swiss pen Caran d'Ache (karandash). Can anyone confirm this?
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> Russell Valentino
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