`spool'

[Glen Gordon]

LARRY TRASK:
>It's `reel', generally confined in the US to things around which
>films, tapes and fishing lines are wound.

US, US, US! Nothing but US! What about Canada?! We ain't just
maple-syrup eatin' inuit, you know! The term "reel" is confined to the
sense of "films, tapes and fishing lines" in ALL of North America, even
amongst us much-neglected Canadians. <boohoo>
:P

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