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|    Brian Klauss to Dallas Hinton    |
|    Re: Drug names    |
|    15 Mar 21 13:15:00    |
      TZUTC: -0600       MSGID: 313.fidonet_englisht@1:104/116 24b51af9       REPLY: 1:153/7715.0 04f1b8d0       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/2ca3bc02f Mar 8 2021 GCC 9.3.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.13-Linux master/2ca3bc02f Mar 8 2021 GCC 9.3.0       BBSID: CIAD       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> Dallas Hinton wrote to Alexander Koryagin <=-               DH> @MSGID: <604F3F08.312.fidonet_englisht@caughtinadream.com>        DH> @REPLY: <604EF8A5.310.fidonet_englisht@caughtinadream.com>        DH> Hi, Alexander -- on Mar 15 2021 at 07:55, you wrote:                      AK> Aspirin, Analgin, Interferon - should we begin them with capital        AK> letter?               DH> Most of the time, yes. They are brand names and must be spelled the        DH> way the owner wants. Aspirin, however, has become a generic word (so        DH> has "kleenex") meaning the owner has lost control of the name, so        DH> either with or without a capital is allowed.              Something to note... I've seen Kleenex refer to themselves in marketting       as "Kleenex-brand Tissue".                     Brian Klauss <-> Dream Master       Caught in a Dream | caughtinadream.com a Synchronet BBS              ... "42? 7 and a half million years and all you can come up with is 42?!"       === MultiMail/Mac v0.52       --- SBBSecho 3.13-Linux        * Origin: Caught in a Dream - caughtinadream.com (1:104/116)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 101 19/36 90/1 104/115 116 105/81 106/201       SEEN-BY: 114/224 702 706 710 711 116/18 120/340 123/130 131 140 128/73       SEEN-BY: 128/187 253 129/305 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/0 222/2 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 1016 1017 230/150 152 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/206 307 317 250/1 261/38       SEEN-BY: 261/100 266/512 267/155 275/100 282/1038 1056 291/100 111       SEEN-BY: 305/1 2 3 310/2 312/2 317/3 320/119 219 319 322/0 757 340/400       SEEN-BY: 341/66 342/200 396/45 640/1321 712/848 801/161 189 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 2454/119 3005/1 3634/12 5020/715 1042       PATH: 104/116 15/0 261/38 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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