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Re:Cherry MX History by onli on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @03:06AM (#17660267)
It would work in Germany as well. Though we have more generic names for this, the people interested in mechanical keyboards do understand and use Cherry Switches.

> Similarly for "Kleenex", "Q-tip", "Xerox", all of which are known by they generic names in Denmark and, AFAIK, the rest of Europe

Germany: Kleenex are Tempos (a different brand), Q-tips are Q-tips, Xerox are the generic Kopierer, no one would use that brand name here.

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Re:Cherry MX History by bytematic on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @10:17AM (#17662666)
Also to be fair I'm from the midwest US and never heard anyone use the term Xerox in the last decade
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Re:Cherry MX History by carlmr on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @05:02AM (#17660766)
>Q-tips are Q-tips

Where? I've never heard Q-tips in Germany except from Americans.

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Re:Cherry MX History by onli on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @11:43AM (#17663541)
One example: https://pompfenshop.de/pompfen-3/pompfen-2/ - looks like a Wattestäbchen but is called Q-tip.
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Re:Cherry MX History by blattimwind on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @06:46AM (#17661306)
Common in the North. Obviously pronounced Kuhtips.
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