[PLUG] Dapper + Reiser

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Wed Jun 28 04:14:34 UTC 2006


On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, John Jason Jordan wrote:

> From what I have read, it was invented during World War II to provide a
> means of patching ripped tents. Thus the water would run off them as
> before. And the original name of the product was "duck" tape. Due to folk
> etymology and the tendency of English spearkers to adopt spelling
> pronunciations, it is now "duct" tape.

   That might be the supermarket checkout line tabloid version, but it was
invented and used to seal air ducts in HVAC systems. Hence, the name duct
tape.

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