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Six-minute vocabulary.

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Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary with me, Callum.

And me, Finn.

Today, we're talking about words like Hoover and Xerox,

which started as brand names of particular products, but now are often used to refer to other

similar products. And some of them are also used as verbs. Words like these are called eponyms.

There'll be a quiz, and of course, we'll bring you a top tip for learning vocabulary.

But first, let's listen to Kath.

She's chatting a bit about brand names that have become part of the language.

And listen out for the answer to this question.

How does Kath say, do you use Facebook?

I'll Google it.

How many times a day do you think or say that?

Google is the number one search engine today

and people sometimes talk about Googling

even when they're using a different search

engine like Bing or Yahoo. In the same way, Facebook is number one for social networking and Skype

for webchats. So, do you Facebook or Skype your friends? And how often do you Xerox a document or go rollerblading?

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Right, that was Kath, and we asked, how does she say, do you use Facebook?

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