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Have etymologists ever conclusively settled on whether the term "duct tape" or "duck tape" came first?
Yes. Duck tape came first. The original iteration of the product was cotton duck cloth with an adhesive backing.
That's what I figured, but I remember hearing something about some people objecting to this and insisting that "duct tape" came first after all.
Incidentally, "duck" in this case is cognate with, among other things, Norwegian duk meaning "tablecloth" among other things.
I think it's originally from the Dutch doek for canvas in English
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@ReadFanon@hexbear.net Did you happen to sneeze at any point in the past hour?
I've been snoozing lol, I don't think I sneezed but I could have slept through it :)
Ohhhhh I hate this.
I never thought about it, so you just made me look into it. It's pretty neat!
From the wikipedia article about duct tape
We then go to the article about cotton duck
Neat!