• Slow@lemmy.today
    2·
    11 months ago

    In my language it will sound like “Sticked advertisement” or “Sticked piece of paper”. A sticker is a paper with a sticky layer that is applied to this paper at the factory. I’m just talking about the difference in languages.

    • Halosheep@lemm.ee
      2·
      11 months ago

      What if I remove the sticker (without tearing it somehow) and then reapply it with glue? Is it still a sticker?

      • Slow@lemmy.today
        2·
        11 months ago

        Interesting question. Typically, advertisers use cheap glue, which makes it impossible to carefully peel off the advertisement. The paper will definitely tear. However, if the paper has a polyethylene base and a special type of glue is used, then I think such an advertisement can be peeled off and called a sticker.
        I just haven’t heard of anyone peeling off advertisements and sticking them back.

      • Lophostemon@aussie.zone
        2·
        11 months ago

        What if I make a small collection of larger twig-type tree detritus, and glue it to a surface?

        Note; is not the person who applies aforementioned adhesive label also a ‘sticker’ due to performance of said act?

        • Slow@lemmy.today
          2·
          11 months ago

          You are right about something. The one who sticks advertisements and earns money from this is called a derivative word from the word “Sticker”. In english it would be something like “Stickers boy”. I don’t know how to translate this any other way.