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It's "duct tape", NOT "duck tape"...

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rlw

In Reply to: RE: 'The Martian': Science and Duck Tape posted by Billy Wonka on October 02, 2015 at 13:54:58

Sheesh, do I have to do all the thinking 'round here?

-RW-

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RE: It's "duct tape", NOT "duck tape"... - Mike B. 09:46:28 10/03/15 (0)
He is from the south. Evidently they don't have ducts there.
RE: It's "duct tape", NOT "duck tape"... - user510 08:30:08 10/03/15 (1)
Our language continues to be corrupted. Nowadays you can be correct to use either 'duct' tape or 'Duck' tape. But Duck Tape is a brand. The other, which predated it, is now generic.

-Steve
- RE: Yes - Per your picture: Duck Tape brand duct tape [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 09:37:22 10/04/15 (0)
Not sure if that question requires a yes or no answer... - musetap 22:06:47 10/02/15 (0)
Get back to you about that...

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Actually.... - Dingojazz 18:19:52 10/02/15 (6)
tho it was obviously originally "Duct" tape, it's now being branded and sold as "Duck" tape, so..., either could apply.
K
- RE: Actually....Actually... - Steve O 20:11:45 10/02/15 (5)
  ...I took it as a tongue-in-cheek reference because he used it so many times and was very deliberate about it. Consider too the story involves a lot of ingenious improvisation, maybe too much of it..... and as we all know, duct/duck tape is the universal enabler of modern improvisation.
  - Actually....Actually... Actually Duct tape does not stick to ductwork! fact ;^) nt - PhilJ 20:21:57 10/02/15 (4)
    ...
    - RE: Actually....Actually... Actually Duct tape does not stick to ductwork! fact ;^) nt - cfraser 16:01:17 10/03/15 (1)
      You must be thinking of Duck Tape, which is a very poor version of good duct tape (e.g. 3M, which the pros use, me too). I don't even know why I keep Duck Tape around; it does come in colors though, and the fluorescent ones are sometimes useful.
      
      Real duct tape *does* stick very well to ducts...hard to believe, eh? They didn't just pull the name out of their ass. It also kind of explains why Duck Tape *isn't* called duct tape.
      - CBS Sunday Morning came to the conclusion (if I remember correctly) but I stand corrected... - PhilJ 19:29:54 10/03/15 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Actually....Actually... Actually Duct tape does not stick to ductwork! fact ;^) nt posted by cfraser on October 03, 2015 at 16:01:17
        
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    - But it does stick to enough other things to be an indispensable accessory to modern life (nt) - Steve O 08:10:50 10/03/15 (0)
    - Mebbe not, however... - Dingojazz 23:38:37 10/02/15 (0)
      I have learned not to travel without a roll of it, whatever one may choose to call it.
      K
      Does 'duck' tape stick to ductwork?
      
      Edits: 10/02/15 10/02/15

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