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We're past that now. It's known as Pfizer in the official language of too many cities and countries.
by xeromal 6y ago
We're past that now. It's known as Pfizer in the official language of too many cities and countries.
- simonCGN 6y agoNo, we are not past that. Just because it is used wrongly it does not mean that it needs to stay that way.
- SimeVidas 6y agoWhat happens on the internet, stays on the internet.
- xeromal 6y agoShit happens. Every tissue in the US is called kleenex even though that is a brand. Lots of people call all kinds of skewers Doner Kebab even though that's incorrect. It's speech and sometimes it doesn't fit our nice rules.
- xboxnolifes 6y ago> Every tissue in the US is called kleenex even though that is a brand. The only people who call them that are at least 50. Everyone I know except my grandmother calls them tissues. Things change. Shit happens.
- doktorhladnjak 6y agoCan't we all just hate on the now official name for the vaccine of "Comirnaty"?
- exmadscientist 6y agoThe actual INN of "tozinameran" is at least better. Not that INNs really get used for products like this.
- anoncake 6y agoMarketing person asked to find a catchy name: "This is literally a Covid vaccine, I'll just grab a handful of scrabble pieces and it'll sell anyway"
- herbst 6y agoIt is maybe for you but not everywhere, i can see it being referred to as Biontech just as often, if not oftener than Pfizer. Maybe because Germany is our neighboor, but maybe also because it is "more right"
- jonathanstrange 6y agoI only know it as Biontech-Pfizer vaccine.