Tags?

[the hamiltons]

I have to ask - what are tags? Is it something I should have? Slang for
something I already have?

Fortuneately, we have only had two broken fan belts that stopped us so
we had to make repairs in eight years and that was last summer. I hate to
even talk about it in case it brings on more problems!

Al Hamilton
76 Eleganza II
Kingston, Ont

 

[bartz paul]

Al:

Although I'm uncertain of its derivation, "tags", in certain parts of the
US, is a word which refers to a vehicle license plate. In my opinion
(others may disagree), I consider it a misused or misinformed use of a word.
Something similar to the term many people tell you now days when they want
you to wait for some reason: "wait a second", a bad habit. It's always a
whole lot longer than a second of time.

Its not listed for such use in my copy of The Random House College
Dictionary.

Boy, now watch the opinions.

Paul Bartz

From: The Hamiltons [mailto:hamilton]
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:01 PM
Subject: GMC: Tags?

I have to ask - what are tags? Is it something I should have? Slang for
something I already have?

 

[balcom robin s]

Paul -
I looked in my dictionary - Webster's New Collegiate - for "tags." It says
(reads?) "a cardboard, plastic, or metal marker used for identification or
classification ."
The problem I've encountered with "wait a second" is that no one is ever
specific about which second to wait - this second, the second that is going
to occur in five minutes, or the second that is going to occur three hours
and twenty-seven minutes from now?!
Havin' fun,
Robin

> ----------
> From: Bartz, Paul[SMTP:s9d3452]
> Reply To: gmcmotorhome
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:25 PM
> To: 'gmcmotorhome'
> Subject: RE: GMC: Tags?
>
> Al:
>
> Although I'm uncertain of its derivation, "tags", in certain parts of the
> US, is a word which refers to a vehicle license plate. In my opinion
> (others may disagree), I consider it a misused or misinformed use of a
> word.
> Something similar to the term many people tell you now days when they want
> you to wait for some reason: "wait a second", a bad habit. It's always a
> whole lot longer than a second of time.
>
> Its not listed for such use in my copy of The Random House College
> Dictionary.
>
> Boy, now watch the opinions.
>
> Paul Bartz
>
> From: The Hamiltons [mailto:hamilton]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 3:01 PM
> Subject: GMC: Tags?
>
> I have to ask - what are tags? Is it something I should have? Slang
> for
> something I already have?
>

 

[the hamiltons]

Paul,

Thanks, Paul, I still use a dictionary occasionally too.

I wouldn't have thought of licence plates as tags. They seem like
something smaller to me. Since I have two, they say, " IM A 76". Many people
used to say something like, "That's a nice looking coach. What year is it?"
With the new plates now I get, "That's a nice looking coach but you don't
look 76". Sometimes you can't win!

Al Hamilton
76 Eleganza II
Kingston, Ont