Help identifying made in us of a.m.

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  1. eddie1980

    eddie1980 New Member

    I have a ruller that says made in us of a.m. and cant find what it means anywere
     

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  2. wiscbirddog

    wiscbirddog Well-Known Member

    US of AMerica and it is ruler, not ruller.
     
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  3. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    This has to be a wind-up ;)
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I thought 'us of a.m.' meant it was made by a group of morning people, referring to themselves as 'us'.;)
     
    Any Jewelry, Nov 19, 2020
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  5. smallaxe

    smallaxe Well-Known Member

    I suspect something "Made in us of a.m." isn't.
     
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  6. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Enlarged all I can read is Made in US of .

    Its in English, the OP is in the US , the only other US I know of is Mexico.

    Then you have to think about who uses Inches and the fact that the ruler has been defaced.




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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    SURE LOOKS like wood...........

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  8. Brian Warshaw

    Brian Warshaw Well-Known Member

    Ruller or Ruler, I'm sorry that what you have there is a Rule.

    A Rule starts with the divisions in the edge. A ruler has the divisions a little way back from the edge.

    A strange language, English. In common parlance the terms are interchangeable. I'm not sure I have ever had a ruler, though I used the term for years.
     
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  9. smallaxe

    smallaxe Well-Known Member

    I think having periods in the AM is weird, but AM without them would not be weird. Something interesting is that if you search images.google.com for "made in us of am" (including the quotes), a large percentage of the hits are a variety of vintage rulers. Maybe a large manufacturer of rulers in the US used that specific terminology as a matter of course.
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    i remember those rulers with that groove for your pencil ....very helpful..:happy:
     
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  11. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    well I just learned something, never knew that groove was for a pencil.
    Oy.
     
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  12. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    Possibly the United States of America?
     
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