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Swedish term or phrase:	tyveken
English translation:	the Tyvek
Entered by:	Charles Ek

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13:00 Mar 4, 2009

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Swedish term or phrase: tyveken

As in the following: "Man kunde se att tyveken hade vidhäftat vid blistret mycket bra, dvs ett jämnt och mycket tätt lager av adhesiv satt kvar på blistret. "

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the Tyvek

Explanation:
"You invent it, you get to name it." (See the reference links. First example sentence is mine; the second is from page 2 of the second reference link :-) )

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the Tyvek

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the Tyvek

Explanation:
"You invent it, you get to name it." (See the reference links. First example sentence is mine; the second is from page 2 of the second reference link :-) )

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Tyvek has become so popular, some Swedes spell it without capitalizing it properly.
The next operator blows ionized air over the Endoclip with a handheld device, then puts it onto the slide-out platen of a heat sealer and places a preprinted sheet of Tyvek over it.

Reference: http://www2.dupont.com/Tyvek/en_US/index.html
Reference: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UQX/is_2_71/ai_n2717...

Charles Ek
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Local time: 02:41
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