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** To be precise, "duct tape" is the [http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ eggcorn]. "Duck Tape" is both a trademark and the original name of the product, which was made out of cotton duck cloth. It was renamed "duct tape" because people kept mispronouncing and misunderstanding it. The tape itself, ironically enough, was not originally designed for use in ventilation ducts at all; rather, it's believed that "Duck Tape" was first used by the military, to prevent moisture from getting into ammunition containers.
*** However, the term "duct tape" was already in use in writing before the war, and predates any record of the "duck" version. [[The Other Wiki]] [[wikipedia:Duct tape#Etymology|discusses this extensively.]]
** Humorously, it turns out that the one thing Duc[k/t] Tape is no good for is... [https://web.archive.org/web/20070504043646/http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/duct-tape-HVAC.html sealing HVAC ducts].
* A speaker or writer ''implies'' his meaning without outright saying it. His audience ''infers'' what he meant. It's surprising how many people are aware of the two words but manage to confuse them.
* There's a reason [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cannon_%28disambiguation%29 this article] on "[[Canon|Cannon]]" exists in the ''[[Transformers]]'' Wiki, and it involves this trope...
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