> During World War II, Revolite (then a division of Johnson & Johnson) developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used to seal some ammunition cases during that period.

> "Duck tape" is recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary as having been in use since 1899 and "duct tape" (described as "perhaps an alteration of earlier duck tape") since 1965.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape

Straight from the link :

> Excuse me, is it "duct" or "duck" tape?

> I mean sure, "duct tape" and "duck tape" are both fine. "Duct tape" is the more common name today. The older name is "duck tape" after the duck cloth under the adhesive.

Maybe at least read the link next time before wasting all of our times commenting (everyone who read your useless comment, multiplied by the amount of time it takes to read it).

The very thing you touched on is literally mentioned in like the 2nd paragraph.

Anyone else immediately thought of the attention hack wrt. to duck vs. duct? The hack is based on the opservation that any content with little, weird mistakes or errors get outsized attention.

Duck tape is a thing:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Duck-Brand-1-88-in-x-55-yd-Silver...

"Duck Tape" is actually one brand of duct tape: https://www.duckbrand.com/products/duck-tape

Early ones at least had some parts from ducks, but there's no relation to ducts at all. Ducts are not sealed using duct tape.

Language should be updated to call it reinforced self-adhesive tape or something.