[zrobotics]

The reason this is annoying is that there are other measuring devices that can have a vernier scale though. For example, in my shop I have a cheap micrometer that only measures to thousandths of an inch, and a more expensive one with a vernier scale that measures to ten-thousandths. Offhand, height gauges also commonly have a vernier scale.

The reason this is annoying in a shop environment is that there are likely other tools around with a vernier scale. That being said, I've also been around older machinists & engineers who exclusively refer to gauge blocks as "jo blocks", even when there wasn't a single set manufactured by the Johansson company in the building. This is common enough that searching for "jo blocks" returns a dedicated page on mc-master: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/jo-blocks

[adolph]

"There are only two people I take my hat off to. One is the president of the United States and the other is Mr. Johansson from Sweden."

--Henry M. Leland, Founder of Cadillac and Lincoln automobile companies

From Machine Thinking video "Origins of Precision": https://youtu.be/gNRnrn5DE58?t=652

[SoftTalker]

Do you blow your nose with tissue or Kleenex?

[martyvis]

It's funny how this comes up often. Even though Kleenex is by and far the most popular brand here in Australia, I don't ever recall anyone ever saying something like "pass me a Kleenex". Maybe it's our penchant for either shortening things (afternoon becomes arvo) or adding synthesising suffixes for name (David is always Davo, McDonald's are Maccas) that Kleenex doesn't work for us.

[cwillu]

There are regions that refer to any carbonated beverage as “coke”. As in “Hi, can I get a bottle of sprite coke”