Name for paper fastener?
David Mayerovitch
You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of soft
metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with two
flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold the
sheets together.
Is there a name for this item other than "paper fastener"? I thought in
my childhood that they were called "brads", but the dictionary defines
"brad" as a type of nail. A friend of mine says she has always called
them "bradies" (rhymes with "ladies").
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Steve MacGregor
David Mayerovitch <davi...@fox.nstn.ca> wrote in article
<330539...@fox.nstn.ca>...
<<You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of
soft metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head
with two flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the
prongs in a hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and
they hold the sheets together.>>
It's always been a "brad" to me.
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In article <330539...@fox.nstn.ca>,
David Mayerovitch <davi...@fox.nstn.ca> writes:
> You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of soft
> metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with two
> flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
> hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold the
> sheets together.
"Now let's get down to brass tacks." I barked at the secretary, following up
with "Do you happen to have any?" to disabuse her of the notion that I was
about to make a complaint.
Well, that's what I call them, anyway, but they should not be confused with
"thumb tacks", which we call "drawing pins".
Benoit Evans
> In article <330539...@fox.nstn.ca>,
> David Mayerovitch <davi...@fox.nstn.ca> writes:
> You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of soft
> metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with two
> flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
> hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold the
> sheets together.
You have answered your own question. This object is properly called (and us=
ually =
so indentified in stationers catalogues as) a "paper fastener".
I have a box of 100 in front of me that were manufactured by the Canadian B=
lank =
Book company and sold under the trademark "Bildemup". The box's contents ar=
e =
identified as "100 Bildemup paper fasteners, rust proof brass, 2", no. 7 R.=
H."
Regards,
K.-Beno=EEt Evans
Traducteur agr=E9=E9 / Certified Translator (OTIAQ)
Qu=E9bec, Canada
Tom O'Brien
Brads. They are called brads. For very extensive discussion of brads and
their uses see misc.writing.screenplays.
Benoit Evans wrote:
>
> > In article <330539...@fox.nstn.ca>,
> > David Mayerovitch <davi...@fox.nstn.ca> writes:
> > You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of soft
> > metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with two
> > flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
> > hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold the
> > sheets together.
>
> You have answered your own question. This object is properly called (and usually
> so indentified in stationers catalogues as) a "paper fastener".
>
> I have a box of 100 in front of me that were manufactured by the Canadian Blank
> Book company and sold under the trademark "Bildemup". The box's contents are
> identified as "100 Bildemup paper fasteners, rust proof brass, 2", no. 7 R.H."
>
> Regards,
>
> K.-Benoît Evans
> Traducteur agréé / Certified Translator (OTIAQ)
> Québec, Canada
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Rainer Thonnes <r...@dcs.ed.ac.uk> wrote in article
<E5uKpy.D8v.0.sta...@dcs.ed.ac.uk>...
> In article <330539...@fox.nstn.ca>,
> David Mayerovitch <davi...@fox.nstn.ca> writes:
> > You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of
soft
> > metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with two
> > flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
> > hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold
the
> > sheets together.
>
> "Now let's get down to brass tacks." I barked at the secretary, following
up
> with "Do you happen to have any?" to disabuse her of the notion that I
was
> about to make a complaint.
>
> Well, that's what I call them, anyway, but they should not be confused
with
> "thumb tacks", which we call "drawing pins".
>
They are called brads
Ronald D. Cuthbertson
Brads? Sounds kind of sexist to me, I used to call them 'thingamabobs'
until the the gender-conscious people jumped on me, now I call them
'thingamajigs'.
Regards,
Ron
(Really, I always thought a brad was something different.)
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Tom O'Brien <to...@halcyon.com> wrote:
[Snip]
>Benoit Evans wrote:
>>
>> > In article <330539...@fox.nstn.ca>,
>> > David Mayerovitch <davi...@fox.nstn.ca> writes:
>> > You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of soft
>> > metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with two
>> > flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
>> > hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold the
>> > sheets together.
They were called "paper nails" when I first met them, which is rather
curious, because they are more like cotter pins. I had a terrible
time the first time I needed to buy paper nails, as stores call them
"paper fasteners".
They also call grease pencils "china markers."
Joy Beeson
Replace the "x" in my address with my first initial.
Mark Baker
In article <5er1bk$p1t$1...@news.global2000.net>,
xbe...@global2000.net (joy beeson) writes:
>They also call grease pencils "china markers."
I've only ever heard them called chinagraph pencils.
barbara@.bookpro.com
mn...@cam.ac.uk (Mark Baker) wrote:
I've never heard them called chinagraph pencils. I have some right
here labeled "Berol Blaisdell China-Marker." Is this another
American-British difference in terminology?
BWillette
Joe Bader
In message <E5uKpy.D8v.0.sta...@dcs.ed.ac.uk> -
r...@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Rainer Thonnes) writes:
:>
:>In article <330539...@fox.nstn.ca>,
:>David Mayerovitch <davi...@fox.nstn.ca> writes:
:>> You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of soft
:>> metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with two
:>> flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
:>> hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold the
:>> sheets together.
:>"Now let's get down to brass tacks." I barked at the secretary, following up
:>with "Do you happen to have any?" to disabuse her of the notion that I was
:>about to make a complaint.
:>
:>Well, that's what I call them, anyway, but they should not be confused with
:>"thumb tacks", which we call "drawing pins".
Hmm. I've always understood those little things to be merely "paper
fasteners." The "getting down to brass tacks" refers to (and don't quote
me on this) brass upholstery tacks.
Rae456
:>> You know what I'm talking about: that little paper fastener made of
soft
:>> metal, presumably some kind of brass, which has a rounded head with
two
:>> flat tapering prongs protruding from it. You insert the prongs in a
:>> hole punched in sheets of paper, spread out the prongs and they hold
the
:>> sheets together.
:>
I have always called them brads. But I'm from Texas, and we have funny
ideas about things sometimes.
Rich Clancey
I've always heard them called "Acorn Fasteners", from a brand
name of same.
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