Heute gelernt: #Ducktape hat nix mit Enten zu tun – sondern hieß ursprünglich #Ducttape. Und das wiederum geht auf „Duck Cloth“ zurück – ein robustes Gewebe, benannt nach dem niederländischen doek (= Tuch).
Deutschland so: Lass mal #Panzertape sagen – klingt noch stabiler.
Aha! I can, and will, wax silly on this topic.
I'm a sheet metal person in previous lives.
It's is, in point of fact, Duct Tape.
TIL today:
""Duck tape" is recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary as having been in use since 1899 and "duct tape" (described as "perhaps an alteration of earlier duck tape") since 1965"
🔸Spoken quickly, they sound the same, but Jack Kahl "was able to trademark the brand "Duck Tape" and market his product complete with a yellow cartoon duck logo"...so "Duck Tape" is a specific brand of duct tape😱
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
#DuctTape #ducktape