Comment on Heiroglyphs

imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  North America and Japan are the only places in the world that don’t call it that

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  • imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s very interesting, I had no idea. Yes, Tylenol or acetaminophen.

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    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The chemical name is para-acetoaminophenol. Acetaminophen and paracetamol are both abbreviations. Tylenol is just a brand.

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• cikano@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What do you call it?

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  • capt_wolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tylenol, acetaminophen in the US.

    It’s paracetamol everywhere else.

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Whoah.

      So, never heard of those. But DDG tells me Tylenol is just a brand—talk about an effective monopoly.

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      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Advil is Ibuprofen and Aleve is naproxen. They tend to get the same brand treatment as Band-Aids and Vaseline in the US.

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      • Denvil@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        We do that a lot it seems, like the South who call everything and it’s mother coke

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      • Vilian@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        lol they only learn the brand name what make it harder to get cheaper medication, that’s so USA

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    • simple@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      TIL paracetamol isn’t a worldwide thing. Huh.

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      • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        TIL acetaminophen isn’t a worldwide thing :)

        The whole Tylenol thing is because they’re the ones who originally patented it. Same for Advil and ibuprofen.

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    • Tekomepossenomo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Except in Italy, where it is called Tachipirina for some reason

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• RedIce25@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What about Paracet?

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