Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 10 May 2013 07:50:15 -0700, Pico Rico wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Fri, 10 May 2013 06:53:34 -0700, Pico Rico wrote:
>>>
>>>> "F Murtz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> BTW, I think you mean polypropylene, not polyethylene.
>>>
>>>>> I think it is an other word stolen from us like *** which does not mean
>>>>> the same any more.
>>>>
>>>> cellophane is/was a trademark, stolen from the trademark owner.
>>>
>>> And it wasn't an Australian word/trademark. It's 100% European.
>>>
>>
>> not true. The trademark was used "all over" the world, and remains a
>> trademark in certain countries.
>
> My point that it was not coined in AU. The way the OP phrases it
> implies that it was invented in Australia.

Did not,I said the word cellophane named by the inventor, was stolen
from us (The whole world us) like ***.
It is now used to describe a different substance IE Polyethylene not
celulose based
>
> There really isn't any generic word for cellophane. Not like jello,
> at least, which has "gelatin" (rarely used by consumers).
>
> -sw
>