Talk:Sled

This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Sled storm page[edit]

Thanks for editing the sled storm page to here someone.--Philip1992 17:39, 6 August 2006 (UTC)Philip1992[reply]

Runners[edit]

The article now defines 'sled' as "a vehicle with runners for sliding instead of wheels for rolling". This definition is imprecise, as it excludes certain types of sleds. For example, the Saami people traditionally also used a kind of sled without runners, but instead with a curved, kind of boat-shaped bottom which glided on the snow. In Finnish this kind of sledge is called "ahkio"; there is a separate article on the Finnish wikipedia on this kind of sledge, see [1] --213.139.161.102 (talk) 20:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Origin[edit]

when and where were sleds originated--74.130.200.96 (talk) 23:55, 10 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regional variations in terminology[edit]

I'm in the UK, and "sledge" is the most common word here. My American friends usually say "sled". Not sure about elsewhere. 81.158.1.233 (talk) 02:37, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. The "British" bit of this needs some sourcing or changing. I never hear anyone use the word "sled" other than in the phrase "dog-sled". The only synonym I ever hear used is "toboggan", which the Wikipedia article wants to mean something much more specific than it does in the English I know (I live in Kent). 195.171.114.69 (talk) 12:53, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I've been bold or whatever and changed it. 195.171.114.69 (talk) 13:06, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mistake(s)[edit]

Interwiki to sr.wikipedia is wrong. "Сани" is singer, and these edits are mistakes [2], [3] and [4]. What I can do? --Bokim (talk) 21:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Open sleigh[edit]

Which is the difference between an open and a close sleigh?. --155.54.178.240 (talk) 16:09, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would assume that an open sleigh is open to the elements, as the first picture in the article depicts; while a closed sleigh would be one enclosed for additional protection, sort of like a coach on runners. However I have never seen a picture of such a vehicle. 173.30.145.40 (talk) 20:38, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is limited snow in Australian English?[edit]

(Not sure how best to fix that — for now I merely point out the problem.) --Trovatore (talk) 18:58, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Double-ripper[edit]

To quote the Webster Dictionary: "Double-ripper(noun) 1. a kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other". A similar definition appears in Wiktionary.Penelope Gordon (talk) 05:19, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]