Battens - Correct Nomenclature

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Shifu
Shifu
QLD
1997 posts
QLD, 1997 posts
31 Jan 2017 10:05pm
Ok, they are "Battens", not "Batterns", or "Battons", or (god forbid) "Batons".

There's only one spelling: "Battens".

Singular - B A T T E N
Plural - B A T T E N S

See, it's easy.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
31 Jan 2017 8:32pm
Not an issue if you take up kitting
da vecta
da vecta
QLD
2515 posts
QLD, 2515 posts
31 Jan 2017 10:47pm
Mark _australia said..
Not an issue if you take up kitting


Batons could be though.
NotWal
NotWal
QLD
7436 posts
QLD, 7436 posts
31 Jan 2017 11:00pm
It's 'buttons'. Who ever heard of battoning up your shirt?
powersloshin
powersloshin
NSW
1855 posts
NSW, 1855 posts
1 Feb 2017 9:23am
They help you planning
joe windsurf
joe windsurf
1482 posts
1482 posts
1 Feb 2017 7:09am
planning like this ??

http://www.classicrenovationsinc.ca/build/battens/

Imax1
Imax1
QLD
4937 posts
QLD, 4937 posts
1 Feb 2017 9:49am
My God ,you guys must be board
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
1 Feb 2017 10:20am
I broke a batton carve gyping my salom bored when the clue come undun.
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
1 Feb 2017 10:30am
joe windsurf said..
planning like this ??

http://www.classicrenovationsinc.ca/build/battens/







Unfortunately they're (insert "there" or "their" also depending on your personal preference ) not battens and are technically called (left); a bargeboard or barge fascia & (below); a fascia board.

America - f$%k ing the English language since 1776


[Yes I know you're from Canada Joe]
Imax1
Imax1
QLD
4937 posts
QLD, 4937 posts
1 Feb 2017 1:39pm
sausage said..
I broke a batton carve gyping my salom bored when the clue come undun.


eye broak r batton karv gyping mi salom bored wen da clue cum undun.




Welcum
curac
curac
WA
1160 posts
WA, 1160 posts
1 Feb 2017 1:39pm
A: what are you doing?
B: just batten off.
gavnwend
gavnwend
WA
1374 posts
WA, 1374 posts
1 Feb 2017 4:10pm
I better batten the hatches.
nazsail
nazsail
VIC
317 posts
VIC, 317 posts
1 Feb 2017 9:38pm
Barturn to the left
NotWal
NotWal
QLD
7436 posts
QLD, 7436 posts
1 Feb 2017 9:47pm
gavnwend said..
I better batten the hatches.


That's "button the hutches".
joe windsurf
joe windsurf
1482 posts
1482 posts
2 Feb 2017 9:35am
spelling is one thing ...

terminology is another
here some people call the boom a "wishbone"
others think they are talkin about chickens

pronunciation is another thing completely
if someone is planning on a new board - would like to see them plane

perhaps if all this "bothers" people that much
make videos like this one
spelling and pronunciation - all in one
(put some pics and all will be talkin about the same thing)

Mastbender
Mastbender
1972 posts
1972 posts
3 Feb 2017 7:33am
Well hell, all this time I was figuring that "batterns" was the Ozzie word for "battens", so I was just letting it ride, along with "kit", which we usually refer to as "gear", or "equipment", or just "stuff" or "junk".

Somebody posted a vid here awhile back that was about the Ozzie words that are unique to Oz, as explained by an attractive brunette, it was a hoot.
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