plastic bags

[Edward M Dumanis]

No, there is no sophistication here.
The adjective is frequently used to distinguish from paper bags
("bumazhnyje pakety / paketiki").

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, AHetzer wrote:

............snip

>
> This seems to be a very sophisticated term, suitable for technical
> descriptions. However, my wife says always paket or paketik - anything
> else, without adjective. I think this is colloquial style.
>
> Kind regards
> AHetzer
>
> --
> Prof. Dr. Armin Hetzer
> FB 10, Universitaet Bremen
> P.O.B. 33 04 40, D 28334 Bremen
> URL: http://www1.uni-bremen.de/~hetzer

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