Happy Aniversary, Nylon! - Bilge

F freddiefreelance Member San Diego, Ca. Joined: Feb 15, 2003 Posts: 3006	F freddiefreelance Posted posted on Thu, Mar 3, 2005 8:00 AM On 2005-03-02 18:48, Gigantalope wrote: Hey Freelance, I read (Urban Myth?) that nylon was named as an abriv. for New York and LONdon...is this...could this be...tru? Great stuff, unless you're unloading the kiln! Nope. There's also an urban myth that it stands for "Now You, Lazy Old Nippon," a swipe at the Japanese (Nipon) chemical industry that DuPont was at "war" with. According to DuPont they originally wanted to call it "No Run" but the marketing people didn't like it, so they changed the letters at random coming up with "Nyl" and adding "on" to sound like Cotton or Rayon.

On 2005-03-02 18:48, Gigantalope wrote:
Hey Freelance, I read (Urban Myth?) that nylon was named as an abriv. for New York and LONdon...is this...could this be...tru?

Great stuff, unless you're unloading the kiln!

Nope. There's also an urban myth that it stands for "Now You, Lazy Old Nippon," a swipe at the Japanese (Nipon) chemical industry that DuPont was at "war" with. According to DuPont they originally wanted to call it "No Run" but the marketing people didn't like it, so they changed the letters at random coming up with "Nyl" and adding "on" to sound like Cotton or Rayon.

Post #144354 by freddiefreelance on Thu, Mar 3, 2005 8:00 AM