How do you pronounce "X-Ply"?
Is it pronounced "Ex-Ply" or "Cross-Ply"?
I've been driving myself crazy over this one for ages. I assume it's the former, but I'd hate to think people were smirking at me behind my back...
I'd rather say cross.
Ex sounds like something I used to stick my thing into but wish I didn't.
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I always thought that x-ply was just the abbreviated version of cross-ply and as such I always say cross-ply.
Could be wrong though as I have been known to make the occasional stuff up
I've always called it Ex-ply but I guess one man's ex is another man's cross...
Jethrow
Isn't X-ply the stuff where the reinforcing fibers cross over each other in a X pattern???
Dimension Polyant, who make a lot of this cloth, call it X (ex) ply not cross.
Jethrow
I also think it depends on the context. The cloth itself may be called x-ply where the technique/application is called cross ply.
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Hippy Boy
The Evolution of the Pronunciation of X-ply.
Apparently, it was originally pronounced ex-ply,
but this name was already being used by another product.
So legally, it couldn't be called ex-ply anymore.
It was now ex- ex-ply.
This was hard to say, and made people cross,
....and hence the term "cross"ply was born (Q.E.D)
