quick pronunciation question

[Indiana Green]

For all of you whipmakers and whip enthusiasts out there, is the word "plait" pronounced "PLATT" like bat, or hat, or is it pronounced "PLATE", like date or rate? I would like to order a whip in the near future without sounding like a dummy

-Indy Green

[DR Ulloa]

I have heard a whip maker or two pronounce it "platt" but it is pronounced "plate." Plait is not a whipmaking term, its a braiding term. Plaiting can be used to refer to a braid in one's hair. It is indeed pronounced "plate."

Dave

[binkmeisterRick]

According to Merriam-Webster Online, it's pronounced either way (they even have audio) so it's a matter of choice.

[DR Ulloa]

Really? I didn't know that. I guess either is correct then. I'm still using "plate," though.

Dave

[binkmeisterRick]

I didn't either! I had heard it pronounced both ways, so upon this thread, I decided to look it up. Who knew!

[rjallen70]

I'm a Platt man.
Of course I am an unreconstructed Southerner.
Ron

[Indiana Green]

Thanks guys, that makes me feel alot better. I had always pronounced it "plate" in my head, but never really thought about it until I watched a video of an Aussie Lady making a whip and she said "platt". Of course, it could've just been a regional dialect thing (after taking a linguistics course, you start to notice these things)

[Kt Templar]

The English (British) pronunciation would be platt, as in a girl had platts in there hair, plates in her hair would be something entirely different. .

Of course this is southern Britain. In the north all bets are off.

[Indy Magnoli]

It's "platt" down here in New Zealand... just as Kt pointed out. My girls wear "platts" not "plates" in their hair!

Kind regards,
Magnoli

[Canuck Digger]

Going with the Aussies on this one, so yeah, platt for me.

[KeepaySF]

I first learned the basics of plaiting from the video of Gayle Nemeth (http://www.aussiewhipmaker.com) and she, and therefore I, pronounce it "platt". In fact, I still hear her voice in my head every time I start plaiting...

[BullWhipBorton]

The British and Australians tend to pronounce it as Plait [Platt] North Americans usually pronounce it as Plait [Plate] both pronunciations are correct.

[louiefoxx]

I used to say Plate, I think Ron Edwards says that's how it's said in his book (I could be wrong)...but then after hearing both Joe Strain and David Morgan say Platt I quickly switched. I don't know if switching how I say it improved my whips at all.

xoxo

Louie
http://bullwhips.org

[rjallen70]

"I don't know if switching how I say it improved my whips at all."
LOL...sure it did!
BTW Ron Edwards says "Platt" too.
If ya ask me A "plate" is something you eat off of, and to "plate" something it must be metal.
Ron

[bluzharp]

See that's why I never spoke the word "Plait" to a whipmaker, because I was too nervous I would mis-pronounce it, and sound like an idiot. I would write it "plait" only. So I always said "braid" a whip, when talking about it...... LOL!

[JMObi]

Universally "Platt" here in Australia. Princess Leia had plates so that must be a good thing.

[bluzharp]

Universally "Platt" here in Australia. Princess Leia had plates so that must be a good thing.

Wow! look at those "plates" in her hair on the left!

[Indiana County Jr.]

I'm a "platt" man.... da da da de da da da....


Crack On!
Allen