[BC] Tape: duck vs duct

[Charles Ring W3NU]

PeterH5322 wrote:
>> I'm one of the millions who used to think (hell, not think; I was CERTAIN)
>> that duck tape was a mispronunciation of duct tape. Not true! Duck tape is
>> correct; duct tape is the corruption. The tape was NOT developed, as most
>> think, to tape the joints of air-conditioning ducts to prevent the escape of
>> air under moderate pressure. Although you can use duck tape for that
>> purpose, the idea that that application is the genesis of the name is urban
>> legend. The tape is named for the fabric from which it is made and the
>> fabric is called "duck." I don't know how duck fabric came to be called duck
>> fabric, but I don't think it has anything to to with aquatic birds that have
>> webbed feet. So when you hear somebody refer to duck tape, it's NOT lazy
>> pronunciation (as in noo' kew ler); "duck tape" correct!
>>     

Manco registered "Duck Tape" as a trademark for their duct tape, along 
with a cartoon duck with tool belt.

However I once made the mistake of patching together a real duct with 
duct tape. Took less than a year for the assembly to fall to the floor.