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Post by franco on Jan 4, 2019 18:34:50 GMT -8
Is there much difference between Gorilla tape and duct tape? I've always assumed Gorilla tape was the company just making their own branded duct tape.it's a case of mistaking or adapting the sound of a word. (can't think of the term for that right now...*) The original term was duck tape because the backing was made with a type of linen canvas called doek in Dutch so adapted to duck in English. Later it became a brand name that still exist (Duck Tape) but commonly written as duct tape. The Gorilla version is probably the strongest version of the lot. So from doek to duck to duct. *anglicised is close enough . That is : anglicized , over there.
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Post by BigLoad on Jan 4, 2019 18:36:27 GMT -8
Is there much difference between Gorilla tape and duct tape? I've always assumed Gorilla tape was the company just making their own branded duct tape. There are several different grades of duct tape, so it's hard to compare in detail, but that assessment is reasonable.
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Post by Moonshae on Jan 4, 2019 19:17:26 GMT -8
it's a case of mistaking or adapting the sound of a word. (can't think of the term for that right now...*) The original term was duck tape because the backing was made with a type of linen canvas called doek in Dutch so adapted to duck in English. Later it became a brand name that still exist (Duck Tape) but commonly written as duct tape. The Gorilla version is probably the strongest version of the lot. So from doek to duck to duct. *anglicised is close enough . That is : anglicized , over there. I thought it was the other way around...duct tape was used for sealing flexible ductwork seams, and the Duck brand came about because people couldn't pronounce "duct" in a way that didn't sound like "duck". Like when people say "could of" when they mean "could've".
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Post by franco on Jan 4, 2019 21:14:17 GMT -8
it's a case of mistaking or adapting the sound of a word. (can't think of the term for that right now...*) The original term was duck tape because the backing was made with a type of linen canvas called doek in Dutch so adapted to duck in English. Later it became a brand name that still exist (Duck Tape) but commonly written as duct tape. The Gorilla version is probably the strongest version of the lot. So from doek to duck to duct. *anglicised is close enough . That is : anglicized , over there. I thought it was the other way around...duct tape was used for sealing flexible ductwork seams, and the Duck brand came about because people couldn't pronounce "duct" in a way that didn't sound like "duck". Like when people say "could of" when they mean "could've". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tapeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_ducksee also : www.etymonline.com/word/ductwww.etymonline.com/word/duck?ref=etymonline_crossreference#etymonline_v_15955 (N 2)
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Post by Moonshae on Jan 5, 2019 6:38:36 GMT -8
The wikipedia Duct tape article describes it the way I had understood it: "According to etymologist Jan Freeman, the story that duct tape was originally called duck tape is "quack etymology" that has spread 'due to the reach of the Internet and the appeal of a good story' but 'remains a statement of faith, not fact.' She notes that duct tape is not made from duck cloth and there is no known primary-source evidence that it was originally referred to as duck tape."
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Post by desert dweller on Jan 5, 2019 9:08:17 GMT -8
We use gaffer tape all the time at work. I had to install a temporary loop induction system (for an Assisted Listening System). The loop (a small gauge wire) was install on top of carpet in a large classroom with hundreds of people walking on it daily. After three months it was still taped to the floor with no edges peeling up. Gaffer tape is pretty good. I haven't used it for any hiking gear repairs.
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Post by franco on Jan 5, 2019 12:42:08 GMT -8
The wikipedia Duct tape article describes it the way I had understood it: "According to etymologist Jan Freeman, the story that duct tape was originally called duck tape is "quack etymology" that has spread 'due to the reach of the Internet and the appeal of a good story' but 'remains a statement of faith, not fact.' She notes that duct tape is not made from duck cloth and there is no known primary-source evidence that it was originally referred to as duck tape." These are the bits I was reading on Wikipedia : During World War II, Revolite (then a division of Johnson & Johnson) developed an adhesive tape made from a r ubber-based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used as sealing tape on some ammunition cases during that period.[1] and History and etymology The idea for what became duct tape came from Vesta Stoudt, an ordnance-factory worker and mother of two Navy sailors, who worried that problems with ammunition box seals would cost soldiers precious time in battle. She wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 with the idea to seal the boxes with a fabric tape, which she had tested at her factory.[11] The letter was forwarded to the War Production Board, who put Johnson & Johnson on the job.[12] The Revolite division of Johnson & Johnson had made medical adhesive tapes from duck cloth from 1927 and a team headed by Revolite's Johnny Denoye and Johnson & Johnson's Bill Gross developed the new adhesive tape,[13] designed to be ripped by hand, not cut with scissors.
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Post by reuben on Jan 5, 2019 13:05:10 GMT -8
It's winter in the northern hemisphere. A good fight about duck tape v duct tape would be a nice little diversion.
We need a suitable controversy other than Wiggy's, orange shoes, red velvet boxer shorts, and other distractions of the past.
Carry on.
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Post by Moonshae on Jan 5, 2019 18:36:16 GMT -8
I'm not fighting! I think it's an interesting discussion. So much minor information gets lost because no one records it, and then people discuss based on the bits of evidence that remain. I think computer records are going to give future historians insights into the lives of regular people that have never been seen before. But I'm happy to discuss further for the entertainment of the forum. At least until I get out tomorrow morning with my backpack and camera.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 18:49:53 GMT -8
It's winter in the northern hemisphere. A good fight about duck tape v duct tape would be a nice little diversion. We need a suitable controversy other than Wiggy's, orange shoes, red velvet boxer shorts, and other distractions of the past. Carry on. Wait Wait..... I HAVE red velvet boxer shorts AND orange shoes BOTH of which I bought on sale from Wiggys. Any problem with that??
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Post by reuben on Jan 5, 2019 18:54:46 GMT -8
You probably carry dehydrated water and eat raw okra.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2019 19:02:11 GMT -8
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Post by franco on Jan 5, 2019 19:53:03 GMT -8
Because of this I have come across again the famous "love" in tennis. (as in 30-0 spoken as thirty-love) It was thought that it came from a corruption of the french l'oeuf (egg = shaped as a zero) but some think it meant love as in the love of playing for nothing. (I'm in the egg side...)
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Jan 6, 2019 4:47:50 GMT -8
So which came first, the duck or the egg?
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Post by franco on Jan 6, 2019 12:41:40 GMT -8
To solve the problem , I ordered both a duck and an egg from Amazon. We will see. The parcels are in there. Somewhere.
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