bushhog/brushhog eg.

"Now, I'm not calling him a liar, but he's a bit careless with the truth". :>)

Allan

Another one I notice is the term Cultivator vs Cultivators.

I've yet to see a tractor with more than one cultivator mounted on it at a time.

Allan

Really, here I think it is the distinction of the number of elements vs the implement taken as a whole.

On the bush vs brush when referring to the Hog, I always try to use the noun-adj. rotary cutter because the Hog represents a particular quality of rotary mower and I have certain expectations from that.

Mark

You know darned well that those are called shanks. The cultivator is the complete implement, which includes both the front and back mounted sections. :>)

You guys getting any rain down there? Dryer than a popcorn *art here in western NE.

Allan

Kind of like Kleenex is a trademark name for 'facial tissues' (does anybody say please pass the facial tissues)??; or 'coke', while it is a trade mark name for CocaCola and soda/soda pop/ etc is what some folks order around here if someone orders a 'coke' it means 'I want whatever dark colored carbonated beverage that the place happens to have.'

I work for a company that is sensitive to loosing brand identity and is very specific that we use the Noun-generic description of a product, not the trade name.

A company can loose patent protection if courts prove that their brand name is the commonly used term to refer to a product; as you said Coke (rather than cola) and Kleenex (rather than facial tissue)for examples.

Best,

Mark