wa8yxm wrote:
cavie wrote:
The plug is not plastic. It is nylon. Why do people constantly try to reinvent the wheel?
Uh. Nylon is a man made product (Man made silk replacement if it's spun into find threads) and the word plastic means MAN MADE
So nylon is a type of plastic.. True there are many types of plastic. but NYLON is one of them. So for those of you who have been calling it "Plastic" it is
And for those who call it NYLON.. that too.
Both words are correct.
You need to take this one step further. Nylon is a brand name. Most of what we call nylon is not because it is made by someone other than the brand holder.