Talk:Bands (neckwear)

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Move of "Bands"
I too considered moving it to "band" but looked it up the OED and found: "The development of a falling collar into a pair of strips (now called bands) hanging down in front, as part of a conventional dress, clerical, legal, or academical." This is true at least since the early 19th century. That is, the normal name for this particular type of band/neckwear is "bands". —Centrx→talk • 08:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

It should be Bands
Centrx is right. I checked my OED as well and it seems that the plural form is indeed the correct one. I noticed that user Centrx also did an edit to the introduction a while back to make the intro singular. Should we move it back to plural? Probably, I think. Should we try to make the article consistently use the correct form? Probably. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pjvpjv (talk • contribs) 12:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I forgot to revert that old edit when I found out. I have looked through the article and made sure there are no wrong mentions of the singular (found 1). I also added a footnote about it. —Centrx→talk • 05:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Meaning of the Bands
Each of the bands--usually called tabs by American Presbyterian clergy--has a meaning. I believe it is the law and the gospel. Lmonteros (talk) 03:59, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 08:55, 29 April 2016 (UTC)