Forget the great soda/pop/coke divide: there is a generational word gap to explore.

[hedgehog]

Surely you've seen the polls discussing whether carbonated beverages are soda or coke or pop. I happen to live on the soda side of the line that cuts through Rochester, New York. My folks live on the pop side. Recently I noticed a new word divide. For my husband and me, the soft paper product used to blow our noses when we have a cold is Kleenex regardless of the actual brand. For our kids, it's a tissue. I don't say tissue because to my ear it sounds pretentious.


So, is it a Kleenex or a tissue, and how old are you?

Eddited to add third choice

[malta blue]

1. it is a kleenex!

I will be 40 in March.

[TZ]

2. Kleenex to me too.

I'm a little younger than Malta Blue though..I turn 40 in June..:)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. It's a Kleenex, by gum, and I'm in my 50's

:-)

[redqueen]

4. Tissue.

I'll be 40 in October.

I used to say Kleenex, though... don't know when I stopped...

[Bertha Venation]

5. Kleenex - 45

[Kali]

6. kleenex

just turned...uh I'm still in my 40's dammit!

[Deep13]

7. Kleenex 41

[LaraMN]

8. Kleenex. 31. n/t.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Thus far we've learned that more persons in their 40's use such things

than those in their 30's.

:shrug:

[Silver Swan]

10. I am 62.

I call them paper hankies, or just hankies.

[KamaAina]

11. I just wipe it on my sleeve

:P

[lost-in-nj]

12. tissue???

I don't even know you!!!

:rofl:


tissue

I'm 50
Kleenex is a brand and I use Puffs


lost

[trof]

13. Kleenex - 67

[SalmonChantedEvening]

14. Kleenex - 50

Sounds like a bad sci-fi pr0n movie.

[LanternWaste]

15. 42 - Tissue.

Tissue...

(but never pronounced as Ti-shew, rather tis-yew to maintain dignity with the hoity-toity, donchaknow)

[hedgehog]

35. I can't bring myself to say tissue because it sounds pretentious to

my 54 year old ears, but my kids never say kleenex!

[grannylib]

16. Kleenex, 49...my daughters say tissue

[blueraven95]

17. Tissue

and I'm 26. :hi:

[bigwillq]

18. Tissue-30

:)

[azmouse]

19. I say tissue and I'm 47.

[WinkyDink]

20. Kleenex........59. And it IS "soda"! With a "hoagie"!

[Sisaruus]

28. Make that a "grinder"

to go with that soda (from eastern Connecticut). Although grinder may now be generational, too.

[MrSlayer]

49. A grinder is a hoagie or cheesesteak that is put in the oven for a bit to crisp the bread.

A grinder can be a hoagie but a hoagie can't be a grinder.

[azmouse]

29. mmmmm.... hoagies!

I'm originally from Reading and boy howdy! do I miss the delicious sandwiches from that area of PA. :9

[buzzycrumbhunger]

21. That should be kleenex with a lower case K

. . . if you're talking generic snot rag, capital K for the brand name. They've been kleenex as long as I can remember, back to 1960 (though the math doesn't work because in my head I swear I'm not over 23). Is there also a regional factor at play here? I'm originally from eastern IA (where soda is most often called pop).

[Kutjara]

42. So it is a tissue that is at issue? n/t

[LSdemocrat]

22. Tissue - I'm 28

On edit: wow, I got my age wrong! That's probably not a good sign.

[MorningGlow]

23. Kleenex; I'm 43

And I grew up in Rochester. Didn't see the soda line, though. 'Round these parts it was all "pop" and no "soda". However, I learned to say "soda" after getting funny looks at my Catskill college.

I say Kleenex; my son has learned to say tissue in school. Whatev', as long as he wipes his nose!
:rofl:

[hedgehog]

36. East of Rochester it's soda, Rochester and points west it's pop.

If you really want to get picky, you should have heard my cousins from Youngstown laughing at how we said pop after living in Buffalo a few years!

[mnhtnbb]

24. Kleenex wins the brand name recognition; I'm 57

[Sisaruus]

25. Kleenex - 56

And soda in Connecticut.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

26. Tissue- 25

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. And all acetaminophen is Tylenol

[cordelia]

30. Kleenex - 50

[charlie and algernon]

31. tissue - 25

[Ava]

32. Tissue - 18

[ceile]

33. Tissue 33 n/t

[FarLeftRage]

34. It's a Kleenex

and I'm 50... will be 51 in early March.

[Chan790]

37. Tissue -29

Rather, I use both...but tissue more than Kleenex. I hear nosewipe often...I hate that one.

[mcctatas]

38. kleenex....

older than dirt

[mitchum]

39. 48...I even call the paper in the bathroom "tissue"

believe it or not, I do have some delicate sensibilities

[TheKentuckian]

40. 36 and I say both leaning towards tissue but not hugely

I'm the same with pop and soda.

[Kat45]

41. It's a Kleenes. 53 n/t

[soleiri]

43. 38-Tissue

I hardly ever buy actual "facial tissue". Usually I send my lil snotty nosed kids to blow their noses with toilet paper.


And it's soda.

[krispos42]

44. Tissue

I'm 32, if it helps any.

[Witchy_Dem]

45. I use both Kleenex and tissue. I'm 42 1/2 years old.

Paper hanky - nah.

[LynzM]

46. Tissue - 28

Hrmph. :rofl:

[Lucian]

47. Kleenex - 26.

[MrSlayer]

48. Tissue - 38 - Philadelphia

Might as well throw geographical area in there too.

[Systematic Chaos]

50. I use both Kleenex and tissue interchangeably, but usually it's Kleenex.

I'm 39.

[Jamastiene]

51. Kleenex, 38

[AirmensMom]

52. A tissue ... 52.

I've notice other divides as well. For instance, my daughter says, "Do you want to go with?" And I'm waiting for her to finish ... as in, "Do you want to go with me?" Now her 7-year-old son is doing the same thing. Ack! And I heard it on TV not too long ago, so I know it's not just my kids.

[nuxvomica]

53. Kleenex: 53. And you shoulda split the tissue vote:

Is it "tish-oo" or "tiss-yoo"?

[MilesColtrane]

54. I call it a kleenex, and I'm 46.

...just like my grandmother used to call any refrigerator a "Frigidaire".

I suspect that this will die out along with us oldsters.

[RebelOne]

55. Tissue and I'm 69, n/t

[MrCoffee]

56. kleenex - 32