Talk:Tig

Tag in Britain and Ireland?

Per the recent change from "in the British Isles" to "British English", in contrast a year ago the tag definition here only mentioned such usage in Ireland and not in the U.K., although this was uncited. I simply don't know if the term is used in Ireland but as Bardcom is Irish, the implication may be that it in fact isn't. Does anyone know? The Urban Dictionary def. as Northern English is too narrow as it is also the (only, as far as I know) term used in Scotland. Mutt Lunker (talk) 17:18, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

A quick search on the internet produced references to tig on Australian and New Zealand sites and a conjectured link to Irish use as well. Limiting the stated usage to British English appears to be too narrow so I've removed the geographical qualification. Mutt Lunker (talk) 18:15, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Actually FYI, just talking to my Dad and he knows the term "Tig" (was surprised I didn't, nor my kids). So it seems that perhaps an older generation of Irish people also know the term. --Bardcom (talk) 18:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Mutt Lunker (talk) 19:41, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the edit referring to "too much uncertainty": To change the entry from stating the one thing that is not uncertain, that "Tig, (is) another name for tag" to one where it additionally defines the geographical usage of the term - the very aspect which is in fact in question - is somewhat puzzling. I'll revert to the one with less uncertainty. Mutt Lunker (talk) 16:59, 12 July 2008 (UTC)