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Originally posted by TheTramp
Hamburgers - how many people go to get a hamburger, and how many go to get a MacDonald?
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Never heard anyone use that particular terminology unless they actually meant McDonalds but I know what you mean. The most common one is to ask for a 'coke' when you want a cola (coke being a trademark fo Coca Cola). Or talking about your 'hoover' when you have a Dysan vaccum cleaner etc..
as far as Ceroc goes Ive only over noticed people who only dance Ceroc to refer to jive as Ceroc, all the Le Roc people I know refer to it as 'Jive' or 'French jive' as that is the dance style. I disagree with Gus on this, Ceroc is certainly not a style in itself. there are plenty other companies that dominate teaching particular dances to the public in certain areas but their name doesnt become synonymous with the style of dance. This is probably mostly due to Ceroc being so well organized but insular, even to the point of not really advertising non-ceroc dancing - it propogates the myth, especcially to new people, that Ceroc is a dance - when it isnt - its prime feature is in its structure and teaching of jive, the moves differ round the whole of the jive world anyway or even within Ceroc itself. e.g. I learnt a move at a Ceroc class in London that had the same signal as a different move taught at an Edinburgh Ceroc class - so its not anymore confusing to learn moves at a non-ceroc jive class and use them at a Ceroc night...much less confusing sometimes. I think the 'who was first' is meaningless as modern jive is derived from French Jive. Anyway isnt 'Glasgow Jive' much older than Ceroc in the UK ?