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Finally a logical and intelligent explanation I can quote when someone says duck tape instead of duct tape. This would also apply to those who insist on saying ducked tape! Thank you so much, Dr. Goodword, and also thanks to Ms. Phule! (I think I know your cousin Knowbuddies.)
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I have been reading the Good Words for years. I have never seen a posting by the Good Doctor that was so hilarious. Now that we have our fun, I suggest the real subduction stand up and become a Good Word. It is an interesting and important word.
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And then the original subduction posting disappeared. Was gibt?
It is dark at night, but the Sun will come up and then we can see.
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I think it is still around, Mr. Hudson. In fact, it appears "subduction" is in a four-year rotation. It was previously the Good Word on April 1, 2005 and 2009, according to the Goodword Dictionary.
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First The Twilight Zone, now The Subduction Zone!
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I will try to write a new one next year. if Easter hadn't arrived on April Fool's Eve, I would have done it this year. I simply forgot in all the mayhem leading up to Easter.
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Also, my "bienvenidos" a czarinakat. Look forward to seeing your posts. On another vein, I have heard many people say duck tape or ducked tape instead of duct tape. Here at our local Walmart, I have actually seen the item "Duck Tape" on the shelf (the wrapping actually has a clip art picture of a duck; looks a lot like a cross between Donald Duck and the little yellow ducky of bathtime fame). I try to enlighten others on the difference between "duct" and "ducked".
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We need instant disambiguation if someone yells "duck!"
Do we bow to avoid a missile or scan the sky for waterfowl?
Do we bow to avoid a missile or scan the sky for waterfowl?
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The "Duck Tape" brand makes me smile, although comic misspellings are lost on those who lack the vocabulary or spelling skills to realize it's a joke.
Which reminds me: a young fire safety inspector made an unannounced visit to check the duct work for the furnaces and kilns back in my college days. Apparently he did not like what he found because he shut it down -- abruptly (creating an immediately dangerous situation) and posted a little note on the switch before leaving, still without notifying anyone...
His follow-up report referred to the unacceptable and insufficient "overhead ducks." Repeatedly. As in, nearly every sentence. It did not inspire confidence in his competency or judgement when he had, apparently, never read anything in his texts regarding ducts and never made the connection with the word on written exams.
Which reminds me: a young fire safety inspector made an unannounced visit to check the duct work for the furnaces and kilns back in my college days. Apparently he did not like what he found because he shut it down -- abruptly (creating an immediately dangerous situation) and posted a little note on the switch before leaving, still without notifying anyone...
His follow-up report referred to the unacceptable and insufficient "overhead ducks." Repeatedly. As in, nearly every sentence. It did not inspire confidence in his competency or judgement when he had, apparently, never read anything in his texts regarding ducts and never made the connection with the word on written exams.
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Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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The article link above quotes a different version of what has become a cliche in this neck of the woods. If it doesn't move and it should, get WD-40. If it moves and it shouldn't, duct tape. I hear both duck and duct interchangeably, often by the same person. Saves a click by dropping the T.
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