tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post5097507986984581887..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: LiteratureNew Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-73727364147649850112021-06-08T01:41:51.099-04:002021-06-08T01:41:51.099-04:00In Eastern Africa, formerly known as "British...In Eastern Africa, formerly known as "British East", a truck is known as a "Toyota", regardless of its actual provenance, and in Britain, a vacuum cleaner is known as a "Hoover". Kind of like how Kleenex, Xerox Copies, and Aspirin took over from whatever generic names might have been assigned to the products by the lawyers. <br /><br />Somewhere I have a German translation of James Thurber's "The Little Girl and the Big Wolf." The penultimate line was, "The little girl took a Browning out of her basket and shot the wolf dead." Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.com