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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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a Filipino-American brn in the late 1800s, is credited for making yo-yos

Pedro Flores, a Filipino-American born in the late 1800s, is credited for making yo-yos with a "slip string." This allowed the toy to spin independently, making more elaborate tricks possible.

For a start, could I replace "is credited for making" with "is regarded as the person who made" without losing anything?

Second, how would you interpret "spin independently?" Thanks.
  

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I think "is credited for making" and "is regarded as the person who made" basically mean the same thing. However, to credit someone with something tends to have a positive feeling to it (re. an achievement or good quality), and "regard" is more 'neutral'.

— Annvan

  • I think "is credited for making" and "is regarded as the person who made" basically mean the same thing.
  • However, to credit someone with something tends to have a positive feeling to it (re.
  • an achievement or good quality), and "regard" is more 'neutral'.
  • As for your second question -sorry I'm no expert on yoyos, but if you google "slip string yoyo", you can learn quite a lot!
  • g.
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I think "is credited for making" and "is regarded as the person who made" basically mean the same thing. However, to credit someone with something tends to have a positive feeling to it (re. an achievement or good quality), and "regard" is more 'neutral'.

As for your second question -sorry I'm no expert on yoyos, but if you google "slip string yoyo", you can learn quite a lot!
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AngliholicPedro Flores, a Filipino-American born in the late 1800s, is credited for making yo-yos with a "slip string." This allowed the toy to spin independently, making more elaborate tricks possible.

For a start, could I replace "is credited for making" with "is regarded as the person who made" without losing anything?

Second, how would
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Angliholic
Pedro Flores, a Filipino-American born in the late 1800s, is credited for making yo-yos with a "slip string." This allowed the toy to spin independently, making more elaborate tricks possible.

For a start, could I replace "is credited for making" with "is regarded as the person who made" without losing a
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Hi,

Second, how would you interpret "spin independently?"

I think this means that the yoyo slides around inside a loop of the string while it spins. In other words, the yoyo spins but does not wind up the string.

Clive
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As a mum of an ex-yo-yo fanatic:

Some yoyos have the string attached firmly through a hole in the yo-yo. Therefore at the end of each up and down spin the yo-yo is stopped and bounced back up the string fairly automatically.

Ones with a slip string do not have the string attached in the same way, it is just tied in a loop around the centre of the yo-yo. therefore at the end of ea
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Hi,

I think that, when the yoyo spins without 'going up the string', it is said to be 'sleeping'.

Clive
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CliveHi,

I think that, when the yoyo spins without 'going up the string', it is said to be 'sleeping'.

Clive

Thanks, Nona and Clive.

Does "sleeping" refer to "spin independently?" Would it be a corruption of "slipping?" I wonder!
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