Sticky Notes or Post-It Notes?
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TheWallaby
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post-it is a brand name, so i'm willing to bet that "sticky" is the generic name. so... both are correct?
akerbacker
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its post its
twistedxfaith
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i know that the actual brand is post it notes,but I think I say sticky notes?
Mezmerize19
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I say sticky
its like kleenex and facial tissue. post-its is just the most widely used brand name of stickable note papers and has since been accepted as a descriptive term
jibsworth
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or q-tip vs. cotton swab
but you shouldn't call it a Post-it unless its an actual post-it brand sticky note. if you do you destroy the value of the brand. companies record their value of their brand on their balance sheets, when the brand becomes a genericized trademark (meaning that people refer to any brand of sticky as a post-it) then that companies is worth less. ..... its the reason that when you ask for a Coke and the restaurant has only Pepsi they have to say "we only have Pepsi." Coke invests a lot of money into preserving the value of their brand.
.... and now you know.
but you shouldn't call it a Post-it unless its an actual post-it brand sticky note. if you do you destroy the value of the brand. companies record their value of their brand on their balance sheets, when the brand becomes a genericized trademark (meaning that people refer to any brand of sticky as a post-it) then that companies is worth less. ..... its the reason that when you ask for a Coke and the restaurant has only Pepsi they have to say "we only have Pepsi." Coke invests a lot of money into preserving the value of their brand.
.... and now you know.