Talk:tattoo

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tattoo

Latest comment: 14 years ago7 comments5 people in discussion

Etymology 2: "From taptoe, the time to close the taps." Looks like an etymology. "Time to close the taps" appears to be a definition of the Dutch taptoe. Pingku 15:03, 29 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

From what I can gather it is a reference to closing beer taps, thus signalling the "end of the day." I think that is specific to the Dutch - "taptoe" being "tap" + "to." Not nautical. I have requested an entry for "taptoe." Pingku 09:20, 30 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
Delete on the grounds I have no idea what it means. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:34, 29 May 2010 (UTC)Reply
Yes, delete the sense, it is just the etymology. Dbfirs 08:53, 11 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
But Dutch taptoe does not mean "time to close the taps" (well, at least, it doesn't mean that anymore), it's either (military) "evening/night roll call" or "military music performance" (esp. during the evening). If the sense "close the taps" has survived in English nautical use, that would be somewhat relevant. --Erik Warmelink 19:50, 18 June 2010 (UTC)Reply
Whether or not "time to close the taps" is a correct etymology (or a correct translation of Dutch "taptoe") is secondary to the point that the sense we are discussing is not a definition (which it should be), but rather an attempted etymology. I'd still like to see a Dutch "taptoe" entry, though. It would be nice to get the etymology correct (and in the right place). Pingku 16:48, 22 June 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sense deleted.​—msh210℠ (talk) 16:18, 28 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

Pronunciation

Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

, that's English? Isn't it just the same pronunciation throughout, /tætuː/? Mglovesfun (talk) 20:16, 12 February 2012 (UTC)Reply

It all depends on how narrow the transcription is supposed to be; it certainly is technically accurate, because the English voiceless stops really are almost always aspirated. I think that even the indicated fronting of the is correct to some degree or another for most contemporary accents (perhaps not for the traditional New York ("Brooklyn") accent and some other American varieties, as well as some rather old-fashioned forms of RP). But transcriptions on Wiktionary usually aren't that narrow, so it does seem a bit odd. --91.148.130.233 11:27, 3 April 2014 (UTC)Reply
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