Shouldn't that be mondegreen?
Speaking of Duck Tape and Green. I live about 35 miles from Electric
Boat in Groten/New London, and that facility at one time supplied it's
own Duck Tape, which was referred to as EB Green due to it's distinctive
color. It was the Gold Standard of Duct tapes, much better than the
silvery stuff available commercially. There was actually sort of a black
market in it. EB workers would take a roll home now and then and share
it with their friends. Not available any more, probably killed off by
cheep imitations, (just the regular silver stuff, colored green in
imitation).
On 7/30/2015 12:16 PM, John wrote:
It was interesting reading.
I first heard it called "Duct-tape" and thought "Duck Tape" was a
modegreen. Now I know that it was indeed originally "Duck" tape, only
referring to a different meaning of "duck".
Learn something new every day - try to anyway.
Although ...
For PDML purposes shouldn't it be Cormorant Tape?
On 7/30/2015 5:28 AM, Toine wrote:
As a dutchman I enjoyed reading: "Cotton duck (from Dutch: doek)"
maybe I should call it doektape in the future.
On 29 July 2015 at 23:18, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
On 7/29/2015 12:39 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On 7/28/2015 5:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Toine wrote:
I would cut the metal strips with a tin snip. something like:
http://german-hand-tools.com/images/066R-15-250_offen.jpg
Once the PCI card is inserted apply some duck tape from the
inside to
restore airflow conditions like before.
I realize that pedantry is almost unheard of on PDML, but the tape is
"duct tape" not "duck tape". It was originally invented for use on
air ducts on HVAC systems. It turns out that it does very poorly for
that job, but is pretty good for lots of other stuff instead.
Actually it's DUKW pronounced and often spelled "Duck" tape, duct tape
is a different animal. The original "Duck" tape was used to water
proof
items, such as ammunition boxes that were loaded on to DUKWs for
transport over beaches during WWII. It predates Duct tape. (used in
HVAC installations). which is heat proof, but not necessarily
waterproof, by a good number of years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_duck
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