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Words and their uses
As breakfast was winding down, I remembered to tell ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jwg that I no longer saw any need to preserve the contents of a set of videotapes on our shelf, but that I didn't think they could be reused, because the "write-protect" tabs had been removed.
He replied, "Well, you can tape over them."
I was mightily puzzled, and said, "I don't think so."
Then, more or less simultanously, we both said, "Oh... 'tape'."
jwg that I no longer saw any need to preserve the contents of a set of videotapes on our shelf, but that I didn't think they could be reused, because the "write-protect" tabs had been removed.He replied, "Well, you can tape over them."
I was mightily puzzled, and said, "I don't think so."
Then, more or less simultanously, we both said, "Oh... 'tape'."