tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post7765883312345750771..comments2024-03-19T18:18:50.610+11:00Comments on Threading My Way: Plaid or Check ~ What's the Difference?Pam @Threading My Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990609128028224347noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-76800056172224180352018-04-24T21:56:53.143+10:002018-04-24T21:56:53.143+10:00Thanks for adding a Norwegian perspective to the d...Thanks for adding a Norwegian perspective to the discussion with the reference to chess. Pam @Threading My Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990609128028224347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-47416719880846140802018-04-13T23:37:49.279+10:002018-04-13T23:37:49.279+10:00Fascinating. I stumbled across this post when tryi...Fascinating. I stumbled across this post when trying to translate the word for checkered shirt from Norwegian. I can relate to this being the simplest form of pattern: the word, in my Norwegian brain, relates to chess (think of the words check and check mate). Plaid (pledd) makes sense as the word literally means quilt (with a more-than advanced pattern than a simple checker board) in our language. Tartan is from Scottish Gaelic language, and per definition it is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours.<br />Thanks for the post and all the comments. I feel enlightened, and also loving the linguistic debates and digging in to find the origin of words and language. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-12084259324399736912017-06-29T22:34:35.105+10:002017-06-29T22:34:35.105+10:00Thanks so much for your input. I'm not sure th...Thanks so much for your input. I'm not sure that Aussie shopkeepers would know what I was talking about if I used the term 'plaid'.Pam @Threading My Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990609128028224347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-20836855342075498352017-06-27T15:08:04.958+10:002017-06-27T15:08:04.958+10:00Those darned Americans!! Lol... Plaid has only joi...Those darned Americans!! Lol... Plaid has only joined the international language since internet, TV etc. Check is squares crossing each other, more complex with stripes but only two colours etc is plaid however, we rarely use plaid in Australia..More than two colours is tartan, also traditional Scottish designs are tartan. The multiple colours make it tartan, the design makes it check or plaid.. We rarely say plaid in Oz, mainly calling it check... Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446336922126610387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-43577644824651733812016-06-15T11:11:39.470+10:002016-06-15T11:11:39.470+10:00Thanks so much for adding to the discussion, Hippa...Thanks so much for adding to the discussion, Hippa. It's an interesting topic, made even more so by the differences in languages across the world.Pam @Threading My Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990609128028224347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-69076932396027973382016-06-14T21:03:47.785+10:002016-06-14T21:03:47.785+10:00Tartan is a distinct pattern associated with the c...Tartan is a distinct pattern associated with the clans of Scotland. While the tartan patterns are plaid, plaid is not always a tartan. The check print, like a plaid, in its vertical and horizontal lines forming squares, is what I grew up calling "checkered plaid". Its design is simpler in pattern and color distribution.HIPPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244935301066568969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-12471953148667312542015-06-02T16:56:03.881+10:002015-06-02T16:56:03.881+10:00So interesting Pam! I've always thought of che...So interesting Pam! I've always thought of checks as two colors only, in squares one after the other, while plaid had some mixed shades of the color, and other stripes. when I went to England , they did call it tartan instead. But i also though tartan was only meant to describe the designs that come from Scottish clans.Justine of SewCountryChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818220592978383305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-17039631521902607292015-04-26T03:29:25.732+10:002015-04-26T03:29:25.732+10:00The variations of the English language are fascina...The variations of the English language are fascinating...not only in different countries but it different regions of the same country. My husband grew up in the northern midwest and calls water fountains, bubblers. I grew up in the south and had no clue what he was talking about. Language is very interesting! The shorts' fabric is checked to me while the other 2 are plaid. ;) Tartan to me is the plaid that the different Scottish clans have.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538128071032666452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-68235564727700132162015-04-25T21:22:07.098+10:002015-04-25T21:22:07.098+10:00I had never heard of plaid in connection with a pa...I had never heard of plaid in connection with a pattern until I came across US fabric sites, where it is used for fabric patterns that I would call tartan. I thought that it was a generic term for checks and tartans in the US, but maybe I am wrong. Being Scottish, tartan is a very specific pattern or fabric using the pattern, whilst plaid is the term for the length of tartan worn over the shoulder and fastened with a brooch. Our eldest son wore a plaid at his wedding, and as the groom was the only one of the wedding party to do so. <br />Celtic Thistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033484481693226138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-51245401104821121402015-04-24T03:39:59.353+10:002015-04-24T03:39:59.353+10:00For me tartan means the traditional patterns and f...For me tartan means the traditional patterns and fabric that kilts are made from and the rest is check! Plaid is a word I'd never heard till I moved across the pond!!Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815336660786661132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-22514526618103787472015-04-23T12:49:39.892+10:002015-04-23T12:49:39.892+10:00Yep, I grew up in Florida and we called it plaid. ...Yep, I grew up in Florida and we called it plaid. Tartans were the Scottish attire, if you weren't Scottish you were wearing plaid! And we are all speaking English! Maybe I'm speaking American. LeeAnna at not afraid of colorLA Paylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553491768819243802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-12314329585429327332015-04-23T05:51:41.805+10:002015-04-23T05:51:41.805+10:00I've always wondered about 'plaid', it...I've always wondered about 'plaid', it's not a term I'd ever use, now that makes sense.Wonky Patchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877163026017340681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-73547070860559714432015-04-22T12:08:55.947+10:002015-04-22T12:08:55.947+10:00Thanks, Cathy. I'm fascinated with the changes...Thanks, Cathy. I'm fascinated with the changes in the English language between different countries.Pam @Threading My Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990609128028224347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-42409411594026868522015-04-22T07:03:09.050+10:002015-04-22T07:03:09.050+10:00Oh tell me about the language :) I do use the dict...Oh tell me about the language :) I do use the dictionary all the time and I get confused quite often as well :)Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409349556815617229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-22204852752609028812015-04-22T05:44:01.402+10:002015-04-22T05:44:01.402+10:00This is a great post Pam and I love the name of yo...This is a great post Pam and I love the name of your blog. I had never thought of the difference between plaid and check. Language is a funny thing. I'm an Aussie but I live in the UK. My accent gets commented on occasionally as does my pronunciation of words :-)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854475822366615748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035755590833291625.post-7570017125867884932015-04-21T22:44:18.062+10:002015-04-21T22:44:18.062+10:00Great timing Pam! I finished a dress today and th...Great timing Pam! I finished a dress today and the fabric is labeled as a plaid. I think it looks like a check though and wondering what's the difference. ha haSewing by Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073228812439584262noreply@blogger.com