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Nylon vient de la phrase «Now You Loose Old Nippon.» Cela référait au nylon comme remplaçant de la soie.

Date: 2005-11-08 09:27 am (UTC)
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And what would be the sauce of that?

My Petit Robert says it's most probally from (vi)nyl et (cott)on/(ray)on, which makes a thousand more sense. =)

Date: 2005-11-08 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cabayuki.livejournal.com
I got that on a book testing your knowledge... and I find mine much more interesting =P

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