Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
Maybe they do that in England also but here in America at least another oddity in speech is using the brand name for an item as the generic name like Band-Aid, Jello, Coke. Specifically related to this conversation Kleins is used as the generic for lineman's pliers similar to the way vice grip is used as the generic for locking pliers.
England has Plasters, Jelly, Coke and Hoover but I don't know what a line man is.

Steve