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Subject:Re: FW: Tech Writing 101 - How to tie a shoe From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ML -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 13 Jan 1999 07:19:56 -0800
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 08:57:49 -0500, Win Day wrote:
>>Curious, from your glossary, what did you call the ends of the laces (the
>>tips covered with plastic)?
>>
>
>Aren't they called ferrules?
Nope; those are the metal rings in the shoes that the laces pass through.
The things Robert's referring to are called aglets.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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