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People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong? (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by ediculous@feddit.nl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Duck*

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both have been used at different times so the words are effectively interchangeable. However I'd also like to point out that in my example specifically duct tape is the proper word to use as that's how it is used in Red Green:

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

As a huge fan of ol' Green (born & raised Michigander), and I don't recall him ever using it on ducting, yet I can easily remember a plethora of examples where he used it for its hydrophobic sealing properties.