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From: TheGuyWhoSentThis <rjrogg_at_pacifier.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Waterproof headlamps (was: POST SCRIPT to: Into Winter Mode ...
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:33:44 -0800

ralph diaz wrote:
 
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Doug Lloyd" <dougl_at_islandnet.com>
 
 Zap straps are commonly used to bundle electrical wires together. You


 We call them wire ties down here.  Another example of how Canadian and
 American English can differ.  What you call chesterfields we call sofas, for
 example.

 ralph diaz


Some of us (down here) call them "zip ties".  Amazing how American English
differs across the 50 states.

Roggie  ;-]
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