blew paper

English translation: blue paper

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English term or phrase:blew paper
Selected answer:blue paper
Entered by: Vitaly Ashkinazi

07:23 Jul 1, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Paper / Paper Manufacturing / Paper
English term or phrase: blew paper
Could you explain what kind of paper is this (or maybe translate into Russian :)
Vitaly Ashkinazi
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:05
blue paper
Explanation:
I am pretty sure that this is a misprint for "blue paper", a specific type of paper as described in the following references. The few references to "blew paper" in Google all appeared to be misprints.

Summary of the History of Blue Paper
Blue paper also used for wrapping suger, linen, candles,, " ", The Netherlands became a major supplier of blue paper throughout Europe. ...
aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-10.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Historical Manufacture and Use of Blue Paper
The first recorded mention of blue paper appeared in northern Italy in the ... The information presented here covers the manufacture of blue paper until the ...
aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v12/bp12-02.html

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Note added at 25 mins (2006-07-01 07:49:39 GMT)
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Trying to make those links active:
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-10.html
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v12/bp12-02.html
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:05
Grading comment
Jack. thanks a lot!
Vitaly
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7blue paper
Jack Doughty


Discussion entries: 2





  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
blue paper


Explanation:
I am pretty sure that this is a misprint for "blue paper", a specific type of paper as described in the following references. The few references to "blew paper" in Google all appeared to be misprints.

Summary of the History of Blue Paper
Blue paper also used for wrapping suger, linen, candles,, " ", The Netherlands became a major supplier of blue paper throughout Europe. ...
aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-10.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Historical Manufacture and Use of Blue Paper
The first recorded mention of blue paper appeared in northern Italy in the ... The information presented here covers the manufacture of blue paper until the ...
aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v12/bp12-02.html

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Note added at 25 mins (2006-07-01 07:49:39 GMT)
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Trying to make those links active:
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v16/bp16-10.html
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v12/bp12-02.html

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Jack. thanks a lot!
Vitaly

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Armorel Young: more context needed but yes, this is almost certainly it.
1 min
  -> Thank you.

agree  P.L.F. Persio: yes, in Italy they call it "carta da zucchero"
1 hr
  -> Thank you. Zucchero is one of the very few Italian words I know.

agree  Tahir
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  Kari Foster: In your example, they spelt "blue" right, but "sugar" wrong! Well I suppose you can't have everything...
5 hrs
  -> Thank you. So they did! I hadn't noticed that.

agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 18 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  juvera: Not necessarily a misprint. The Old English word is blaewen, and the spelling 'blew' was fairly common.Marlow and Newton spelt blue as 'blew'. The question may be related to an old document. :-)
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Thank you. In Marlowe's time there were no consistent rules on spelling.
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