Tag Alias: brooch -> broach

Aliasing brooch -> broach.

Reason: For some inexplicable reason the tag brooch is being used instead of the much more common word broach. They mean exactly the same thing.

I think you got the order right in the alias and backwards in the reason.

I changed the ordering.

Log said:
I think you got the order right in the alias and backwards in the reason.

What country even uses the word brooch? I have never even heard of it until danbooru then I discovered that it just meant broach.

All of them if you believe the dictionary.

Brooch
Broach

lol, but you did it better.
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Hate to broach this, but these two words are only rarely equivalent, and will favour "brooch" as the common form for the jewelry.

EDIT: Bah, Log beat me to it. By a minute or two.

If you look at the dictionary brooch has only one definition so of course it comes first in terms of use while broach has multiple definitions for which the synonymous definition to brooch comes last. Still when it comes to whether one uses brooch or broach at least in America broach is preferred. Brooch is never used in America unless perhaps it was in the distant past. I can only guess brooch was preferred on danbooru since a Brit was some how involved in the decision and I can only guess they may prefer brooch.

I've never seen it written broach before. Always been brooch.

First time I see broach. It's always been brooch, and despite my preference for British English, I mainly deal with Internet English, which is predominantly American, so it's not like I was brought up at some boarding school surrounded by perfect RP.

I've actually always used "brooch" and thought of the verb (as in broaching a topic) when I see "broach." Also, I'm American. Regardless, it seems neither way is as universal as thought.

I'm pretty sure that brooch is the more common spelling, yeah. There's a few google hits on broach that show brooches (er, you know what I mean), but mostly, it's used in the sense of 'broach a topic' or whatever.

Aliased broach to brooch so people can use both, and because almost everyone here (American or otherwise) seems to agree brooch is the usual spelling.