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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 May 2013 06:53:34 -0700, Pico Rico wrote:
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>> "F Murtz" > wrote in message
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>>> Anyone know where to get real cellophane, AU pref.
>>> I used to seal jam jars with it.
>>> The modern stuff called celophane is not cellophane and is made from pe.

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> BTW, I think you mean polypropylene, not polyethylene.
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>>> I think it is an other word stolen from us like *** which does not mean
>>> the same any more.

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>> cellophane is/was a trademark, stolen from the trademark owner.

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> And it wasn't an Australian word/trademark. It's 100% European.
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not true. The trademark was used "all over" the world, and remains a
trademark in certain countries.