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From: birdie@netcom.com (Kathleen Ostridge)
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 07:25:31 GMT
Subject: Re: Gaffa Tape?
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
References: <199503290643.IAA12264@nic.tip.net>
Anders Hultman (anders.hultman@unisource.se) wrote: : The spelling "gaffer's tape" I have only seen here on : rec.music.gaffa. Well, I haven't actually seen it spelled as "gaffa" : either, but everyone pronounce it as "gaffa", and in Swedish there is quite : a big difference between "-a" and "-er's". I cannot believe I am posting about _the tape_....As a former all around stage tech in america (T.V, Film, Theater, Concert) we've always called it GAFFERS tape. GAFFERS. Still is called and pronounced with the er. And now...back to the ivy. Birdie -- "A few more trips around the sun & my face will look like a fault map!" - birdie@netcom.com