[Ads-l] duck tape, antedated?

[Dennis During]

See https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=duct%20tape.

On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I found a newspaper  article that appears to be a fact-based discussion
> about the invention of duct tape, and the evolution of the word.
>
> Claims it was invented in WWII, as "duct" tape, using medical bandages as
> the cloth. Company evebtually changed its trade name to " duck" tape
> because people kept calling it ducktape.
>
> Article from Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, in 2000.
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/citizens-voice/172590415/
>
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