Implicating plaid_background → pattern_background
Link to implication

Reason:

Plaid is a pattern.

Misc.

• Shouldn't all the plaid tags be tartan instead? Other sources like Wikipedia suggest that tartan is the correct term for this pattern and that plaid is something else.

BlueDingo said:

• Shouldn't all the plaid tags be tartan instead? Other sources like Wikipedia suggest that tartan is the correct term for this pattern and that plaid is something else.

You have a point, but I still think plaid would be better than tartan, and I base this on the fact that we have all heard of plaid and associate it with that, but until I saw your post, I had never seen, heard, read, or otherwise encountered the word "tartan".

As for the implication, +1

kamimatsu said:
You have a point, but I still think plaid would be better than tartan, and I base this on the fact that we have all heard of plaid and associate it with that, but until I saw your post, I had never seen, heard, read, or otherwise encountered the word "tartan".

Maybe all americans have heard of plaid but most places outside of america call it tartan. Not everyone who uses this site is american.

BlueDingo said:
Maybe all americans have heard of plaid but most places outside of america call it tartan. Not everyone who uses this site is american.

Bear in mind, this is an American hosted site. We're available worldwide, but we try to follow American standards. These words are essentially the same.

BlueDingo said:
Maybe all americans have heard of plaid but most places outside of america call it tartan. Not everyone who uses this site is american.

I'm an American and I know what tartan is. I learned about it from a book when I was young. Thing is, the word is not well know around here and not everyone reads the same thing. You have some people who will refer to plaid as flannel and/or checkered. Because they don't know the difference. For instance, down here where I'm from we call head cheese "pig souse." Both words mean the same thing, which tastes good melted on bread with pepper jack, lettuce, and tomato... But a good majority don't know this. Some people don't know what delicious head cheese/souse is.

MrKranberryJam69 said:
I'm an American and I know what tartan is. I learned about it from a book when I was young. Thing is, the word is not well know around here and not everyone reads the same thing. You have some people who will refer to plaid as flannel and/or checkered. Because they don't know the difference.

Flannel (or flannelette) is a clothing material. People very likely call tartan that because of how frequently garments made of it (especially long sleeve shirts) have a tartan design. Those who call it checkered probably do so because the simpler designs can resemble a checkered pattern. It's never too late to teach them the correct term.

MrKranberryJam69 said:
For instance, down here where I'm from we call head cheese "pig souse." Both words mean the same thing, which tastes good melted on bread with pepper jack, lettuce, and tomato... But a good majority don't know this. Some people don't know what delicious head cheese/souse is.

I've never heard of either of those before but it does sound tasty. I should try it one day.

MrKranberryJam69 said:
Some people don't know what delicious head cheese/souse is.

Is that like a literal cheese?

kamimatsu said:
Is that like a literal cheese?

Not really. It's sort of a gelled haggis type cold cut, minus the organs. It comes in square slices: pickled, plain, or peppered. Really I don't why they call it that. I know they couldn't call it pork haggis. As haggis is banned here in the US due to the organs in it. And souse and haggis are two different things.

BlueDingo said:
Flannel (or flannelette) is a clothing material. People very likely call tartan that because of how frequently garments made of it (especially long sleeve shirts) have a tartan design. Those who call it checkered probably do so because the simpler designs can resemble a checkered pattern. It's never too late to teach them the correct term.

I had tough enough time trying to teach someone the difference between Dr Pepper and Mr Pibb. I was worn out and let it end in a stalemate. Because this person could say 30 words per second.

BlueDingo said:
I've never heard of either of those before but it does sound tasty. I should try it one day.
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Oh it's very tasty. Especially if used as filler in a subway sammich.