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Are British people aware that "Hoover" is a brand name, not a generic term for a vacuum cleaner?

I ask because I just heard a British person in a YouTube video talk about a "Dyson hoover."

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Supesun · 56-60, M

We call em hoovers cos at one point just about everyone in the Uk who had a vacuum cleaner was manufactured by Hoover. The name has stuck that’s all.

SW-User

@Supesun we call all facial tissue Kleenex ..
Most of us call gelatin Jello no matter what brand it is