Actually “Portacabin” is a brand name which has been used as a general term for a type of temporary building, much in the same was as we use Sellotape or Hoover. Yes, I’m being boring.
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Actually “Portacabin” is a brand name which has been used as a general term for a type of temporary building, much in the same was as we use Sellotape or Hoover. Yes, I’m being boring.
You’re not being boring at all; you are commenting on the complexity of the English Language and provoking a law suit by the owners of the Portakabin Trade Mark all in one short sentence. (Actually perhaps we’re both being boring)