Growing up in Canada we did not refer to tissues as tissues. We called them Kleenex. It’s one of those weird Canadian-isms.

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    131 year ago

    Americans don’t usually use Hoover to refer to a vacuum as a noun like the Brits do, though. It’s sometimes used as a verb though.