Originally Posted by
Rob
Thank you Matt for being so patient in explaining this. The use of the word 'plaid', when what is really meant is 'tartan', seems to be confined to North America. No one in the UK would refer to tartan as 'plaid', and we (on this side of the pond) tend to smile in amusement when we hear Americans refer to plaid, when it is obvious that they really mean 'tartan'.
Rob (who wears a tartan kilt, but not a plaid)
Rob, you took the very words out of my keyboard!
Like you, I have never heard the tartan referred to as 'plaid' by anyone here in the United Kingdom - never! Unfortunately, I do have to admit that those I have heard use 'plaid' when they mean 'tartan' have, more often than not, been North American brothers whom I should have expected to have known better in that they most frequently are kilt wearers!
Sorry Guys. It might seem that we Brits are ganging-up against you, but we are not. Honestly! It is truly the ways things are.
Thanks are due to Matt and Sav for explaining matters so clearly.
Last edited by Hamish; 24th July 05 at 01:01 PM.
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