FRIGIDAIRE and KLEENEX (was ICE BOX)

[neil]

on 1/3/05 5:38 pm, Jonathan Lighter at wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM wrote:

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> I grew up using "tissue" interchangeably with "kleenex."  The stuff on rolls
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> JL
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Agreement on the former, but colloquially in the UK, the latter is "bog
roll".

-Neil Crawford