Aldi expansion

Yay, plaits!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDSPwexlyTo

Yes jura, Brexit was referred to in the op but only in the context that Aldi seems to be unbothered by it. And I would concur with that observation. Aldi have gone from strength to strength, winning several awards for the quality and value for money of their products. They've opened many new stores across the UK this year alone and so have invested heavily in our country. I seriously doubt that they are as fearful of the future, post Brexit, as you are.

Chewb, may I ask you to re-read the OP- Brexit was very much part of this thread from the start- and not by my choice.

As for Dad's Army - a bit like Black Adder - how and what we eat is very much related, and so is our attitude to it all. You see- all linked, in mysterious ways ;) indeed.

But not plaits, I agree. Merlot's joke is responsible here.

Chewbacca

Sorry jura but what does that have to do with Aldi expansion or plaits/platts /braids/platz? I appreciate you're over invested interested in Brexit but that's quite a stretch even so.

Well, I stand corrected merlot! In that case I had "bunches" of straggly hair that stuck out of the sides of my head. I was aiming for "plaits/platts/braids/platz" but I got nits and had my hair chopped off . never did get pig tails/plaits /braids/platz & too late now

And the connection with this thread title is.......?

In the meantime, we get 'Dad's Army Brexit' - they probably read Gransnet lol.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/08/brexit-dads-army-dont-panic?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook

Heidi’s were standard platts

They are called plaits

Didn’t know I was feeling poorly

Yes, dear - and a lovely weekend to you too. Hope you feel better soon.

Just in case you didn't realise, that was a guide to pronunciation!
jura2

Plaits (US: “playts”/”platts”; UK: “platts"

I remember reading the Heidi book as a child. I loved it. It was one of the few childre's books available in print in those days.

I had a Heidi outfit when I was a child - a proper, beautifully embroidered hand-me-down. The headdress was lovely too, but the plaits were made of straw and the top bit was sharp and stuck in my ears.

Plaits (US: “playts”/”platts”; UK: “platts”; ) is a noun. It is means hair or straw sections woven into braids.

So sad, really. You just can't help yourself - so will leave you to it.

No Jalima, could never master those - and anyway, our neither my girls nor I are French. Heidi's were always standard platts.

I think honours are even when it comes to correcting! You were eager enough to correct me and my understanding, urging me to "Go check"
I did. End of.
How much easier to say "Oops, phonetic spelling" ☺

(whispers quietly) so your DD didn't have French plaits then jura?

Thank you anno, for this clear explanation.

You find it hilarious Maw? And yet you are the one who corrected me, no:

' plaits, Jura plaits' - leading to further comments. I thought it was rude and against etiquette to correct spelling, especially when the sound is 'platts' (like Platz, in German, which is the dog command for 'sit') - and to a non native speaker too ;) who is not quite British enough for you.

Hilarious indeed - or call it nasty, P O V and all that.

Did not hear that pin drop - was out and busy. There is a life for some of us outside GN ;)

I think it is hilarious that a generation of women, mothers of daughters and now grandmothers needed instruction yesterday on plaits, plaiting, pony tails etc !

No, No. Chewbacca. Do get it right! Two bunches of hair are called.....bunches. Pigtails are tiny little plaits because there's not enough hair to do proper ones.

Which is how my hair used to look because my mother couldn't do decent plaits to save her life.

Now I thought that pigtails were two bunches of hair, not plaited or braided, either side of the head! Plaits (correct on that one Maw by the way) were just that: plaits. As for pony tails; well that's just one bunch of hair at the back of the head. Obviously!

Do check

I did.

For some odd reason, 'plaits' is pronounced as 'platts'. Just as 'plaid' is pronounced 'pladd' or, of course, 'tartan'. When I was in primary school a lot of us had what we then called 'pigtails' - ie two plaits, one on each side. Mine were singularly unsuccessful as I had then, as now, very fine hair. 'Braids' nowadays is used to describe the elaborate designs in which many African/Caribbean girls - even men - wear their hair and which, I'm reliably informed, can take many hours to accomplish! this is how to do a French plait.

I'm surprised your DD didn't have French Plaits jura!

But then they are more difficult to accomplish until you get the knack.