From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   > On 1/1/26 09:50, Mike Scott wrote:   
   >> https://www.ducktape.co.uk/   
      
   On 2026-01-02, c186282  wrote:   
   >    Yep, originally "Duck" ... then later, likely   
   >    for brand-name legal reasons, oft said "Duct".   
   >   
   >    It IS good for 'ducts' too.   
      
   My nieces in Denmark call it Gaffer tape.   
      
   My understanding is that it was developed for sealing ammunition   
   canisters in WW2, and the grunts called it duck tape.   
      
   Forced air heating with ducts that needed sealing were not common until   
   later.   
      
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   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
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