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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by Yaatri
Sellotape is a brand and cellotape or cello tape is the product which is a sticky tape made by a depositing a sticky material on a cellophane tape.
Cellotape is definitely not a misspelling.
I'd say that cello tape is an abbreviation of cellophane tape, where Sellotape is a brand and an intentional misspelling. Just as Duck tape apparently is to duct tape.
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