For me, "punched card" isn't quite as easy to pronounce as "punch card", but I 
have some difficulties saying "iced tea".  Perhaps "ice' tea" would be more a 
more accurate representation.

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 5:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Friday: What you've been waiting for! Build an 80 column punched 
card reader!

>Hard as it may be to do so, let's also try to avoid 'punch card', using 
>'punched card' instead.

Why? It is a card that you can punch holes in, but it is not punched when you 
initially take it out of the box.

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