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In Mongolia, all copiers are called canons, not photocopiers
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When your office Godmother Mongol with a question: "Where is there to otkanonit?" - Do not rush to take offense at it. It is as a victim of circumstances as you.
not copy machine, copy machine and copier. the Xerox 1968 copier for the first time put the game in the USSR and the fall of the "Iron Curtain" has been in the country apart from the competition. Because of this in Russia is called copiers copiers. Mongolia has spread Canon, rather than Xerox, and all copiers in this country are called canons.
Not limousine and car class. Calling their limousines began in the United States, in honor of the 55th model of the company Cadillac Imperial Limousine.
Not sedan and the classic body type passenger cars. It is named in honor of the sedan Sedan town in northeastern France. French themselves this body type is called "Berlin", in honor of the German capital.
Do not snowcat and groomers machine for preparation of slopes and trails. American tourists and athletes abbreviated her name snowcat (from the American brand of tractors Caterpillar), and the Europeans are accustomed to the name "snowcat", the title of the first Swiss tractor Ratrack.
Do not diapers, and diapers. In the USSR brand Pampers came in early 1991, is actively promoting the product on the market, which we did not have before. Then everyone started calling diapers diapers. In the US in the 70s gained popularity diapers Huggies, and it turned out to be a household word "haggis».
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not copy machine, copy machine and copier. the Xerox 1968 copier for the first time put the game in the USSR and the fall of the "Iron Curtain" has been in the country apart from the competition. Because of this in Russia is called copiers copiers. Mongolia has spread Canon, rather than Xerox, and all copiers in this country are called canons.
Not limousine and car class. Calling their limousines began in the United States, in honor of the 55th model of the company Cadillac Imperial Limousine.
Not sedan and the classic body type passenger cars. It is named in honor of the sedan Sedan town in northeastern France. French themselves this body type is called "Berlin", in honor of the German capital.
Do not snowcat and groomers machine for preparation of slopes and trails. American tourists and athletes abbreviated her name snowcat (from the American brand of tractors Caterpillar), and the Europeans are accustomed to the name "snowcat", the title of the first Swiss tractor Ratrack.
Do not diapers, and diapers. In the USSR brand Pampers came in early 1991, is actively promoting the product on the market, which we did not have before. Then everyone started calling diapers diapers. In the US in the 70s gained popularity diapers Huggies, and it turned out to be a household word "haggis».
Source: www.mhealth.ru
via factroom.ru
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