The word lanyard comes from the French word “laniere” which means to strap - lucky we have French friends at #LAPORTE to translate for us!
And while there are pretty fancy lanyards around today, the first were simple straps made of rope or cord and were tied around a whistle, sword ⚔️ or pistol 🔫 😬
Today lanyards have myriads of uses, in fact if you have nothing better to do, here's an entertaining read on the 50 most common lanyard uses: https://www.lanyardstore.com/article-lanyard-uses.html ... however if you're like us and feel like there's always less than 24 hours in a day - we will abbreviate! Hang your keys, hang your pen, hang your USB storage stick, hang your tools, etc etc...and never lose any of these items again!