Talk:Ducktail

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Encyclopedic tone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.122.113.28 (talk) 07:02, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

"Duck's ass"

Was this really most commonly called "duck's ass" in the 50s? Seems pretty unlikely to me... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.169.150.185 (talk) 07:31, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Unlikely though it may seem to you, it was called a "duck's ass" in those days, although "DA" was more common. My mother informed me in about 1955 that DA stood for duck's ass, much to my surprise. I also wore it as a "Detroit". Ortolan88 (talk) 22:44, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

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I thought it was cute!

Minority?

From memory, surely a majority of teddy boys and rockers had D.A.s? It was certainly a standard option in hairdressers of the era in the UK, methinks along with a Boston for hair trimmed in and cut straight across the back of the neck, the dreaded army style short back and sides, or of course a crew cut. ..dave souza, talk 12:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Illustration

Currently there is no illustration--makes it hard to visualize what it is supposed to look like.

This article needs a much better illustration than the current Fonz photo. The photo fails entirely to show the back of the head - the main feature of this style. Rklawton 19:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

The current illustration is much worse, since it doesn't show a haircut at all, but an actual DA! 81.158.1.206 03:12, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think a duck's actual ASS FEATHERS tells you much about the hairstyle, but hey, that's just me. --69.138.61.168 05:11, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

The album cover image fails to illustrate what a DA looks like. This article really needs a good photograph of the hairstyle shot from the back. The actual duck image could then be subordinated for comparative purposes. Rklawton 21:17, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Tom Hanks' hairstyle?

The main article seems to imply that the sidelocks are allowed to grow long enough so that they can be combed back, and tucked over the ears, as is currently characteristic of the actor Tom Hanks in the movie The Da Vinci Code. Maybe someone can post a picture of him to illustrate this hairstyle?

This article has gotten way out of hand.

For starters, what's this about "The actual name was Duck's Ass, but propriety called for the name Ducktail to be used in mixed company"? "actual name"? As established by the ISO special subcommittee on hairstyle names, I suppose.

No, smarty-pants....it refers to what the style was actually called in everyday conversation out on the street by ordinary people, as opposed to the aforementioned "mixed company" or on TV and radio.

And then there's this section on "Additional aspects of the Ducktail style". I don't even know where to start.

It was known prolifically in the early '70's as a "DA" or a "Duck Tail". I can recall that. Never as a Duck's Ass then, DA was as close as it got. Also please drop the "Naruto" reference out of respect for the other several thousand years of human history that existed before it. I swear some folks are all "I remember the battle well. It was Napoleon, Wellington and Naruto ..."

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Well I removed the Naruto and Dragonball references because there is no evidence to support that these hugely spiked up anime hairstyles are examples of DA 90.214.35.16 (talk) 14:15, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

BS

This articke us total bullshit!

The picture is not enough

It’s a good picture inasmuch as it gives a 50s feel to the hairstyle. But don’t we really need one taken from the back? —Ian Spackman 11:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Capitalization

Is there any reason for the caps on the hairstyle names in this article? Robert K S (talk) 04:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Picture of the back

decent pic of the how it looks in the back at this website, for those who don't know what it looks like: http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/ducktail.htm

Connection to pompadour hairstyle via japanese "リーゼント"

In Japan the similar hairstyle is called a "リーゼント" (regent) style. But that style is also often translated to pompadour.

I suppose it depends on perspective. "Pompadour" is more about how the hair is in front and "duck's ass" is more about how it is in the rear. Stereotypical 1950s rocker hairstyles as emulated in Japan perhaps had both elements. Oddly the Japanese name "Regent" seems to have some relationship to "Regent Street" in London. — Hippietrail (talk) 15:27, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 29 July 2017

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The result of the move request was: page moved. (non-admin closure) TonyBallioni (talk) 16:59, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

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Duck's ass → Ducktail – It seems that "ducktail" has become the most common way to refer to the haircut. Here are some examples of the term's usage in media. There are also many more Google search results for "ducktail" (1.3 million) than "duck's ass" (359,000) or "duck's arse" (199,000). Dictionaries appear to have embraced "ducktail" as the primary terminology as well. See this Merriam-Webster entry for an example. Oneforfortytwo (talk) 20:54, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

• Support per the nominator's rationale, and searches showing the frequency of the "ducktail" name. ╠╣uw [talk] 16:50, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

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Nonconformists

I have removed the link attached to the claim that the hairstyle was popular among 'nonconformists', as this leads - quite amusingly but surely erroneously - to the page referring to religious dissenters in 17th-19th century England. Daedalus 96 (talk) 21:42, 20 September 2020 (UTC)