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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Ancients to Renaissance (3000BC - 1680) => Topic started by: FierceKitty on 03 April 2014, 10:54:11 AM

Title: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: FierceKitty on 03 April 2014, 10:54:11 AM
A plaid is a garment. It is not a pattern. Will the wargaming community get this into their beer-fuddled, anorak-wearing semi-consciousness?

(Not aimed at anyone here. Just at 4 or 5 posts on TMP recently.)
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Fenton on 03 April 2014, 10:56:55 AM
Plaid is used as a synonym for tartan in Canada and the US
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Orcs on 03 April 2014, 11:12:56 AM
Quote from: Fenton on 03 April 2014, 10:56:55 AM
Plaid is used as a synonym for tartan in Canada and the US

Yes but unfortunately they have thier own (incorrect) take on most things to do with the english language.


My turn to hide behind the sofa  ;D

Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: FierceKitty on 03 April 2014, 11:27:41 AM
Quote from: Fenton on 03 April 2014, 10:56:55 AM
Plaid is used as a synonym for tartan in Canada and the US

I've met Americans who know better.
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Ithoriel on 03 April 2014, 11:41:14 AM
"Know better" in what sense? Plaid as a synonym for tartan is standard usage in US and Canadian English.

Since a plaid is a chunk of check or tartan woollen cloth I can quite understand it's use for both pattern and garment.
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: fsn on 03 April 2014, 12:26:32 PM
Dead men don't wear plaid.
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Orcs on 03 April 2014, 12:29:34 PM
Plaid is a music  group

Plaid is a British electronic music duo from London, composed of Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They were founding members of The Black Dog[1] and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andy Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley),[2] before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle,[3] Nicolette[3] and Björk,[4] and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog, Black Dog Productions, and Warp Records (along with Trent Reznor's label Nothing Records).[3]

Aside from their own material, Plaid have done extensive remix work for many other artists, including Red Snapper, Björk, Goldfrapp, and The Irresistible Force. Parts in the Post (2003) contains just a handful of Plaid's remix work to date.

Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: FierceKitty on 03 April 2014, 12:34:02 PM
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 April 2014, 12:29:34 PM
Plaid is a music  group

Plaid is a British electronic music duo from London, composed of Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They were founding members of The Black Dog[1] and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andy Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley),[2] before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle,[3] Nicolette[3] and Björk,[4] and have released records on the labels Clear, Peacefrog, Black Dog Productions, and Warp Records (along with Trent Reznor's label Nothing Records).[3]

Aside from their own material, Plaid have done extensive remix work for many other artists, including Red Snapper, Björk, Goldfrapp, and The Irresistible Force. Parts in the Post (2003) contains just a handful of Plaid's remix work to date.



You score a basic 8 points with the word at Scrabble too, of course.
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Orcs on 03 April 2014, 12:41:04 PM
Anyway I must object most strongly to the title this thread - My proiblem is the inclusion of the word Sanity. IN THIS FORUM!!! ;D

You are more likely to wake up to find Unicorns grazing on your Lawn, Marvin the Paranoid Andriod dancing for Joy, or that Pendraken have released Incas as well as Aztecs.


Corrections in bold type

thanks Phil
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Techno on 03 April 2014, 01:40:29 PM
Martin ?
Predictive text strikes again ? ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: fsn on 03 April 2014, 03:58:18 PM
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 April 2014, 12:41:04 PM
You are more likely to wake up to find Unicorns grazing on your Lawn, Marvin the Paranoid Andriod dancing for Joy, or that Pendraken have released Incas as well as Aztecs.

I told Marvin about Pendraken releasing Aztecs, and he laughed so much, he fell off the unicorn.
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Techno on 03 April 2014, 04:54:06 PM
Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 03 April 2014, 12:41:04 PM
Corrections in bold type
thanks Phil

;)
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Sandinista on 03 April 2014, 04:54:58 PM
Quote from: fsn on 03 April 2014, 03:58:18 PM
I told Marvin about Pendraken releasing Aztecs, and he laughed so much, he fell off the unicorn.
;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Orcs on 03 April 2014, 05:00:03 PM
Quote from: fsn on 03 April 2014, 03:58:18 PM
I told Marvin about Pendraken releasing Aztecs, and he laughed so much, he fell off the unicorn.

;D ;D

FSN, it is the qualified opinion of most of the members of this forum that you cannot even remember what sanity was, let alone posess any - Go and take your pills :)
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: fsn on 03 April 2014, 05:17:35 PM
I know the meaning of "sanity".

It's how salty the water is!
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Ithoriel on 03 April 2014, 05:52:35 PM
Chico: "You can't a fool a me there ain't no sanity clause"
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: ronan on 03 April 2014, 05:54:08 PM
Quote from: fsn on 03 April 2014, 05:17:35 PM
I know the meaning of "sanity".

It's how salty the water is!

;D
=O
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Sandinista on 03 April 2014, 06:03:27 PM
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Hertsblue on 03 April 2014, 08:36:28 PM
To quote Eccles - "you can't fool me, I'm too stupid".
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: Ithoriel on 04 April 2014, 01:25:06 AM
I'm not a COMPLETE fool!! ... there are still bits missing
Title: Re: Plaids - a wee call for a bi' o' sanity!
Post by: FierceKitty on 04 April 2014, 03:34:49 AM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 03 April 2014, 08:36:28 PM
To quote Eccles - "you can't fool me, I'm too stupid".

As an opponent remarked to Charles Goren after he failed to bring off a fancy deception play, "I'm not clever enough to be fooled that way."