Talk:tat

English needs splitting by etymology, but are there two or three? Equinox ◑ 20:21, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

RFV discussion: August–October 2014
Re sense 3: "a form of looped and knotted lace needlework made from a single thread". In every dictionary I've checked, "tat" in reference to lacework is only a verb, the noun being "tatting". JudahH (talk) 16:00, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * In case you don't have access to the full Oxford English Dictionary, it has no less than eight separate noun entries for "tat", and not one of them matches sense 3. I agree that the correct noun for this sense is tatting.  The disputed sense was added by CharlieHuang nearly eight years ago and is the only English entry by this now-inactive editor.  I'm surprised that it hasn't been challenged before.    D b f  i  r  s   16:19, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * In the absence of any citations, may we remove this mistaken sense?   D b f  i  r  s   06:55, 29 September 2014 (UTC)


 * It's been two months now so I've removed the error and moved the Finnish translation to tatting. I hope this is OK.    D b f  i  r  s   16:38, 23 October 2014 (UTC)