Aliasing baring_teeth → bared_teeth
Link to alias

Reason:

21 baring_teeth; 80 bared_teeth. The only way I can think of a difference between the two is if "baring" is an animation in some way. (0 hits on "baring_teeth animation".)

EDIT: The tag alias baring_teeth -> bared_teeth (forum #227499) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.

+1 to alias, but the order depends on how you want to look at it.

• The wolf is baring teeth.
• The wolf has bared teeth.

BlueDingo said:
+1 to alias, but the order depends on how you want to look at it.

• The wolf is baring teeth.
• The wolf has bared its teeth.

I'm sorry, but my inner grammar nazi cried too loud. Also a bit of usage, since it is performing the action.

+1, though, we often don't use present tense terms in tags.

Siral_Exan said:
+1, though, we often don't use present tense terms in tags.

We do for actions. Walking, running, jumping, licking, presenting, aiming, firing, fingering, driving, sitting, lying, carrying, etc.

BlueDingo said:
We do for actions. Walking, running, jumping, licking, presenting, aiming, firing, fingering, driving, sitting, lying, carrying, etc.

The operative word is often. You also have words that aren't grammatically correct in past tense for tagging.

Wouldn't bared_teeth be an example of that? Instead of verbed_noun, shouldn't it be adjective_noun (ie. bare_teeth)?

I've also noticed that teeth are the only thing tagged as "bared". Should we find a more commonly used word?

BlueDingo said:
Wouldn't bared_teeth be an example of that? Instead of verbed_noun, shouldn't it be adjective_noun (ie. bare_teeth)?

I've also noticed that teeth are the only thing tagged as "bared".

It's because it's the action. You are revealing your teeth, with your lips parted wide and brows furrowed, while snarling or growling. When an animal has done that, they have bared their teeth at you.

Baring teeth is as functionally correct, though.

Have bared, are baring, not much difference, really.

BlueDingo said:
Have bared, are baring, not much difference, really.

Actually, now thinking about it I recognize that cases where we aren't using present tenses is when it's not an action.

+1 to reverse.

Pretty much. Closed (as in closed_eyes eyes_closed) is both a past tense verb and adjective but is only used in tagging as an adjective.

Are those tags necessary?
They seem to consist almost entirely of clenched_teeth, with some snarling and generic open_mouths mixed in.

Related to forum #227498.

Genjar said:
Are those tags necessary?
They seem to consist almost entirely of clenched_teeth, with some snarling and generic open_mouths mixed in.

Probably not. Maybe would be better to alias both to `teeth` or disambiguate them (I vote for this one).

The tag alias baring_teeth -> bared_teeth (forum #227499) has been approved by @Rainbow_Dash.