Screwdrivers

[Amy Speed]

My father, a carpenter, always called the flat screwdriver a "slotted"
screwdriver.

-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
Of Love Hartman
Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 7:11 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Screwdrivers


I am curious about the different words used when asking for a specific
screwdriver. I heard that originally a person would either ask for a
phillips or a standard or a flat. I heard someone refer to the two different
types of screwdrivers as a "plus or minus".  How did the plus and minus get
started?
L.H.

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