[Spridgets] Tags

[Weslake1330]

Hi David,

Over here Graffiti still means the same thing it always did but the person
that does it has some sort of image or symbol they use instead of their
name, so they can claim credit with other graffitists (?) and that's known
as their 'tag'.

Regards


Daniel

On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 20:08, David Doiron via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> >>>>
> Weslake1330 wrote:
> So the tag is what I'd call the number plate
> >>>>
> Kent McLean wrote:
> Correct. Also called a license plate.
> >>>>
>
> I respectfully disagree.
> Kent is revealing his Eastern bias...Tag is a misused term.
> Tags were the stickers, separate from the plates.
>
> So now that the definition of Tags has become corrupted, fewer
> people use the term anymore.
>
> I understand that language is a living thing but it is not
> useful when words get re-defined by misuse. Bad now means good,
> sick means exceptional, graffiti is now tagging instead of
> vandalism, etc, etc.
>
> YMMV
> W David Doiron
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