Talk:Plaid (pattern)

Colour? Or Pattern?
I'm quite unsure that people refer to plaid worldwide as a colour, so I've changed it to "pattern", because I've heard of absolutely no one refer to it as a colour. It might be my location, but if you've heard otherwise, you can change it back without hesitation. DuckmanDrake 20:56 (EST), 17 April 2007

I to have never heard of it referred to as a color. However, someone else has. I'm just going to take the statement out until we can rectify the statement. SSaint04 11:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation Page
I'm not sure if this is a disambiguation page or not. The beginning seems like an article on plaid but the "other sources" at the end makes it look like a disambiguation pageZombieliving 21:54, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Plaid, is a woven shawl or head covering. It can be plain or have pattern. It can be a tartan pattern. The word plaid does not mean tartan.


 * If plaid does not necessarily refer to the pattern, should the page be moved from Plaid (pattern)? The article currently seems like a disambig page instead of an article page.  Pnkrockr 18:44, 30 May 2007 (UTC)


 * What should happen is that the page should be removed and/or renamed without the pattern reference. The fact that modern American English is incorrect in its usage does not make it right - it is NOT acceptable.  As already stated, a plaid is a garment with or without pattern.Scunnerous (talk) 15:49, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Pronunciation
I've heard most people pronounce plaid "plad". Is this the universal pronunciation? I think it should be mentioned in the article none the less. 65.6.162.173 (talk) 20:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Funny, until I saw this disambiguaty page, I had always associated "plaid" (pronounced /plæd/ rhyming with "cad" or "cat") with the type of patterned flannel shirts, and "plaid" (pronounced /pled/ rhyming with "played") with a type of cloth usually woven in such a way to have a tartan pattern. For some reason, though spelled the same, and the patterns being similar, I had never associated them together. I wonder if this might be a US regional distinction.
 * Anyway, pronunciation, I think, should be mentioned. — al-Shimoni  (talk) 04:47, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I've cleared things up a bit here, removed some trivia too. Now it seems that all the important info is either at Tartan, Full plaid or Belted plaid. I think we can just merge this into the disambig page. Nick (talk) 16:33, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to start editing Plaid now, we can worry about deleting this page after the discussion. Nick (talk) 16:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)