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Letter: Letter

Published 19 June 2004

From Colin Finch, colin_finch@ntlworld.com

When manufacturers introduced CD cases which had two CDs in a single sized package, to prevent confusion, these often had a sticker pronouncing: “This is a jewel case which contains two CDs”. I often wonder whether they originally meant “dual” case but, whatever the intention, the name “jewel case” for CD case seems to have entered the lexicon.

Issue no. 2452 published 19 June 2004

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