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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zeppo Shanski, post: 3311882, member: 100596&quot;]The point is that I am. You just don’t know. It’s got nothing to do with the different words “duct” and “duck”. The similarities in the pronounciations of both words to someone not familiar with any type of “duct” would cause them to revert to a much more common word that has a greater familiarity to many more people. Not knowing what “ducts” are, or their usage, does not make a large percentage of the population poorly educated. Over time this just becomes an accepted inaccuracy. It’s much like the commonality of words like “xerox”&nbsp; when being used as a verb meaning to make copies. Another example would be “crescent wrench” used for an open-end adjustable wrench. It’s an unintentional and relatively harmless mistake made with verbal language.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that explains this situation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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