Language question

simulacra · Wed 18/05/2005 20:20:04

Pardon a non-native English speaker, but what do you call the plastic tape that are used to limit access to locations? I have not found the word in any dictionary.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Wed 18/05/2005 20:22:20

Keycard?

simulacra · Wed 18/05/2005 20:25:29

No, no. It has red and white diagonal stripes and is used by police forces to restrict access to crime scenes for example (though they usually have a blue and white pattern and the word POLICE).

veryweirdguy · Wed 18/05/2005 20:27:16

No, I think you mean police tape - the yellow & black tape that is usually placed around a crime scene? Just call it police tape.

EDIT: Heh, okay, you posted while I was posting. Okay, yeah. Just call it police tape.

scotch · Wed 18/05/2005 20:29:40

Uhm, maybe it's obvious but I can't think what the actual tape is called. Ã,Â You'd call that kind of police barricade a cordon, if that name extends to the tape I am not sure. Ã,Â "Cordon tape" appears to be used quite a bit on google so probably.

simulacra · Wed 18/05/2005 20:31:59

Okay, but what do you call this tape if it's not used by the police? This is blocking an elevator in the game I'm working on.

scotch · Wed 18/05/2005 20:36:04

Cordon tape would work.

simulacra · Wed 18/05/2005 21:02:06

Right. Thanks.

m0ds · Thu 19/05/2005 13:14:20

In the business world they appear to call it "Barrier tape", I think you could get away with calling it whatever you want really - restriction tape, barrier tape, hazard tape, cordon etc.

http://www.parrs.co.uk/product.asp?src=&c=&debug=&sessionID=&user=&currency=GBP&brand=0&pf_id=T185&cat_id=&customer_id=PAA1914058905029IUWFDLGRFULLBCGG

^ picture and description of tape

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