On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:01:55 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:39:51 -0000, KKKernal Corn wrote:

On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 21:10:05 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:57:04 -0000, KKKernal Corn wrote:

On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:09:16 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:44:01 -0000, KKKernal Corn wrote:

On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:46:36 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:02:34 -0000, KKKernal Corn wrote:

On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:45:34 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:38:25 -0000, KKKernal Corn wrote:

On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 19:25:55 -0000, "Commander Kinsey"
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:37:48 -0000, KWills Shill #2 wrote:

You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape.
If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40.
If it moves and shouldn't, use the duct tape.

Oy, you nicked that from my sig! Or did I nick it from you? Or did we both nick it from the same place?

He probably nicked it from you. Those infesting the Great Satan
invariably refer to it as 'duck tape'.

So do I (in the UK), it's a brand name used in everyday conversation, in the same way as I Hoover up, not vacuum.

It's 'duct' tape not 'duck' tape: a linguistic error.

No, as with a Hoover, it's use of the most popular brand name for the item.

No, it's not a brand name turned into a generic name. A duct is not a
duck.

Duck tape is for ducts. They used a similar word so they could trademark it, it's not that hard to understand. Like Weetabix for Wheat biscuits.

It's still not a brand name turned into a generic name. If anything,
it's the other way round, thanks to lazy pronunciation. It's not that
hard to understand.

No, Duck tape is a brand, duct tape is the item's generic name. Just like Hoover is the brand name, vacuum is the generic name.

Thanks to lazy pronunciation they sound identical, so it's a bad
analogy. When you arks for duck tape, nobody knows if you're saying
duct tape or duck tape.

Lazy? Well you wouldn't say "ductutape" would you? You can't pronounce two Ts in a row without sounding like a moron.

Only a cretin would run the two Ts together and say "ductape".

In fact, this has become the leading brand of duct tape:
https://www.duckbrand.com/products/d...SAAEgKZn_D_BwE

I call them postit notes too, although that's copyrighted by the 3M company, and I buy them elsewhere at 10% of the price.

Irrelevant analogy.

It's precisely relevant. It's using a brand name in place of the name of the thing.

Again, a duck is not a duct.

Stop repeating yourself like Rod Speed.

Stop writing stupid ****.

You are Rod Speed and I claim my $5.

You are writing stupid **** and you're not getting any $5.

Euros will do. I can change them at the bank tomorrow.

ROTFPMSL! My Newsreader says Euros isn't a word. Hopefully one day it won't be.

You're not getting any Euros either.