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.

Not an issue if you take up kitting

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Mark _australia said..
Not an issue if you take up kitting

Batons could be though.

It's 'buttons'. Who ever heard of battoning up your shirt?

They help you planning

planning like this ??

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

My God ,you guys must be board

I broke a batton carve gyping my salom bored when the clue come undun.

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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]

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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

A: what are you doing?
B: just batten off.

I better batten the hatches.

Barturn to the left

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gavnwend said..
I better batten the hatches.

That's "button the hutches".

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)

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.