[Lexicog] new shaver

[David Frank]

Wow! The new iPod of shavers is finally here! Where can I get one?

Now if this were the new iPhone of shavers, I would be especially eager to get one. But I wonder if it has a monthly access fee.

David Frank


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Leman" <wayne_leman at sil.org>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:24 PM
Subject: [Lexicog] new shaver


"The new iPod of shavers if finally here."

That is the first line of an ad just posted on Facebook. It's not your 
grandfather's shaver. It's not your father's shaver. It's not the mother of 
all shavers. It's a new iPod of shavers.

Wow! How little time it takes in technologized English for a tradename to 
become a descriptor.

Wayne Leman 


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