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Err...this might be a silly question less to do with English and more to do with common sense.
It's....there are "cardboard tubes" on the outside of some tampons.
I mean...why are they called "cardboard" tubes in English as they are made of plastic materials?
Are some of them really made of "cardboard"? :(
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Old 21-Mar-2004, 13:27
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Old 21-Mar-2004, 16:56
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They were.
Indeed. :wink:
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