Brand Names & Generics

Apple Mac

Macintosh computer

clingfilm

Saran wrap

Ansaphone

answering machine

Blue-Tack

stuff for sticking posters to walls

Filofax

address book (a posh one, associated with yuppies)

Hoover

vacuum cleaner

Jif

a cleaning liquid (not generic)

paracetamol

Tylenol

personal stereo

Walkman

Sainsbury's, Marks & Spencers/"Marks & Sparks"/"M& S", Tesco's, Texas, Gateway, ASDA, Waitrose, Co-op, W.H. Smith

various chain stores

Sellotape

Scotch tape

Tipp-Ex

correction fluid

zimmer, zimmer frame

an old person's walking frame