You may be generally correct, Lorelei, especially for the tape(US) / braid(UK) usages. It is probably somewhat muddled, however, by the background of one's teacher(s), and which books one uses the most. I've taught myself a lot from books, especially in the beginning, and (almost?) exclusively European books for the Binche / Val family of lace, and consequently I use "plait" more than "braid" for the first pairing you list in spite of being American. I expect that your use of "braid/plait" and "tape/braid" may be the best solution, although I'm going to be more disciplined about simply using "plait" and "tape", since "braid" is the ambiguous term.
Someone said something applicable here about Americans and the English being two peoples divided by a common language (but there is quite a bit of confusion about who said it. http://tinyurl.com/y8jx8dfw or http://tinyurl.com/y7z79o5p, etc. Candidates include Oscar Wilde, G.B.Shaw, Churchill, Reader's Digest, and a bunch of people I never heard of. I always liked Winston as a candidate for this one, but that's apparently unlikely; I have a queasy feeling that it was probably some editor at Reader's Digest...) Nancy Connecticut, USA On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Lorelei Halley <lhal...@bytemeusa.com> wrote: > My understanding is that the terms are used differently in the U.S. and in > Britain. > U.S. Britain > Braid plait > Tape braid > (for a narrow woven band, machine made or hand made) > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
