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[briantrumpet]

Or vice versa. I think Tylenol itself is in the spotlight because the Gibbons in charge referred to it specifically.

I sense a lawsuit coming for that reason alone.

Yes, that was partly behind my question (though I'm still curious why the generic term is still relatively rare... maybe just linguistic laziness).

 

[First Aspect]

Yes, that was partly behind my question (though I'm still curious why the generic term is still relatively rare... maybe just linguistic laziness).

Tylenol is easy to slur if you are suffering from age related cognitive decline.

 

[C R]

Yes, that was partly behind my question (though I'm still curious why the generic term is still relatively rare... maybe just linguistic laziness).

The generic name in the US is acetaminophen, which is probably more of a mouthful than paracetamol.

 

[briantrumpet]

The generic name in the US is acetaminophen, which is probably more of a mouthful than paracetamol.

Bigger tablets?

 

[Ian H]

The term Tylenol in the US is a bit like Hoover here. Doesn't necessarily mean Advil isn't referred to as Tylenol.

I've heard of hoovers being used in unusual ways, but not for pain relief.

 

[Ian H]

The generic name in the US is acetaminophen, which is probably more of a mouthful than paracetamol.

Parrots eat 'em all.

 

[briantrumpet]

A very long but very interesting article on Wikipedia, and the current heightened threat it faces from parties that are allergic to things that most of us might call 'facts'.

https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/717322/wikipedia-attacks-neutrality-history-jimmy-wales

 

[briantrumpet]

Currently reading... the terribly-named 'Britcard'....

https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard

 

[First Aspect]

Currently reading... the terribly-named 'Britcard'....

https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard

UKard would be better.

 

[secretsqirrel]

I’ll ask for one in Welsh.

 

[First Aspect]

The SNP will want their own.

The Jockard.

 

[matticus]

The generic name in the US is acetaminophen, which is probably more of a mouthful than paracetamol.

... and the main reason that Brits are happy with the word paracetamol is the unending (and underpaid) work by christmas cracker joke writers.

 

[briantrumpet]

... and the main reason that Brits are happy with the word paracetamol is the unending (and underpaid) work by christmas cracker joke writers.

It's also very good for teaching how musical quintuplets go.

 

[First Aspect]

It's also very good for teaching how musical quintuplets go.

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I thought a musical quituplet was a talented family that went through IVF?

 

[briantrumpet]

I thought a musical quituplet was a talented family that went through IVF?

No, that's siblings who give up music.