Talk:French braid

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Definitely cleaned up. Still searching for a picture Oneironautdawn 17:27, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

A French Twist is not the same thing as a French Braid.

I propose to transwiki to wikibooks or w/e as wikipedia is not an instruction manual. Chris Chan.talk.contribs 02:38, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Tresse française ?
I'm French and I've never heard about this hairstyle being called a "tresse française". Where I live, it is known as a "natte africaine", meaning "African braid". Maybe it's a French-Canadian idiom? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.3.183.26 (talk) 09:45, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm French too (Paris) and I call it a "natte africaine" too. I've never heard of a "french braid" in France. The section should definitely be corrected. 193.242.192.9 (talk) 09:32, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

I corrected the article. 193.242.192.9 (talk) 10:10, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I think we call it that here in the Western Hemisphere. Pookerella (talk) 21:39, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

Cornrows
"Multiple small, separate, parallel French braids are known as cornrows." Wouldn't that just be "multiple, small, separate braids"? Not french?Markopeter (talk) 02:54, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Questions
Can pigtails be an example? 172.58.3.108 (talk) 19:02, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

No, not unless the pigtails are done in the style of a French braid. Pookerella (talk) 21:40, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

The “braid” was used and well-known in Europe and Asia for centuries and should not be associated solely with Africa. Pookerella (talk) 21:41, 14 July 2018 (UTC)

North African origins
The book cited as the source of the "north african origins" of the French Braid is by the same guy who came up with the Olmec Civilization hypothesis that Africans traveled all the way to MesoAmerica and settled there based purely on wild speculation from the faces of statues. Not exactly the kind of resource you want to cite when looking for the origins of one of the simplest and most practical hairstyles in existence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:642:4301:622A:58DB:92FE:A419:2B37 (talk) 21:12, 11 August 2019 (UTC)