> cross-pond difference


Compare this to the art of tatting:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/83/T0058300.html
(cue: enter Helen USL, bearing needles….)

But surely you use the word tatty on that side of the pond, don’t you Father Steve?

tatty
ETYMOLOGY: Probably from tat, a rag, shabby person.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/90/T0059000.html