Re: canadian usage

From: Harvey Van Sickle (harvey.news_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:56:23 GMT

On 21 Mar 2005, retrosorter wrote

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>
> In Canada , we refer to a plastic laminate used in countertops as
> "arborite" whuich is technically a trademarked name. What is this
> product called in the USA and the UK?

I always figured it was just plain old Formica with a college
education. 

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Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 22 years.
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