The German brand of tissues that is as popular as kleenex is called Tempo. It is also used to describe a paper tissue in everyday speech.
Can I have a Kleenex? = Kann ich ein Tempo haben?
The word Kleenex is associated with tissues and similar kinds of products.
Yes. Kleenex should always be capitalized. Kleenexis a brand name therefore it's a proper noun. The word tissue, however, is not capitalized.
Kleenex is a brand name for a variety of products such as facial tissue, paper towels, and other paper products. Kleenex is a registered trademark of Kimberly-Clark. It is an invented word, owned and used as a trademark by Kimberly-Clark since June 12, 1924.Kleenex products are manufactured in 30 countries and sold in more than 170. The Kleenex brand name is present throughout the world. Consequently, Kimberly-Clark diligently protects its intellectual property rights by ensuring it and others use the mark correctly, such as Kleenex facial tissue, Kleenex bathroom tissue, Kleenex paper towels, and Kleenex diapers.
The word "Kleenex" (instead of simply "tissue") was used in one of the short stories in the compliation of popular short stories entitled "Short Story Masterpieces," edited by Warren and Erskine. Does anyone remember in which story the word "Kleenex" appeared?? Thank you.
Actually, there are a *lot* of references to Kleenex in literature, which I just found out by going to Amazon.com and searching for the word in books. They have tons of books with the word in them, and they have a cool feature where they will quote the line with the word in it as part of the listing, if you want to go and browse.
The most widely known brand is Tempo. lol jk its the same as Canada's called scotties
Kleenex's are used to clean .. stuff
Kleenex were invented in July 12 1924. They came up with the idea for kleenex to blow your nose in.
1929 was when the kleenex was introduced
Kleenex is a popular brand of facial tissues from the United States. Kleenex was launched in the UK in 1925.
'mouchoir (en papier)' ou ... kleenex ! :-)
december 12, 2006