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Subject: Re: Name info please
Author: Anneza   (guest, 155.232.250.51)
Date: April 20, 2006 at 11:47:07 PM
Reply to: Name info please by Donna
There was, and maybe still is, a synthetic fibre called Orlon which could be spun rather like wool and used for jerseys and I think soft furnishings. No idea where the Or bit came from, but the -lon clearly echoes nylon (which was named after New York and London ...).

I'd go the Orlando route if I were you!

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