Talk:Plough

US and British spelling infos

@ LindsayH

I do understand and support your critique:
WP usage is to bold the word or words of the subject in the first [*]sentence[*], not to break them out onto a separate line.

But as it *is* - again - , to the *un*-knowing reader it is *not* obvious which spelling is used in which country.

It is not even obvious that these two spellings are preferred in different *countries*.

As it is - again - , the sentence could be understood that there are simply two spellings, which are used, non-related to a specific country.

And there, for sure, are many who do not know all that is in the article American and British English spelling differences.

So, these facts should definitely be told explicitly.

It did was my intention, too, not to put this informatin in the already existing sentences. That's why I placed the info in a seperate "sentence" and before the existing.

If you, Lindsay, don't like my solution, then make a better one. But reverting to a condition where these infos are NOT told, makes the article worse than it was with my edit.

How about putting the infos in the *second* sentence?

Plow is the US spelling, plough the British; both are pronounced /plaʊ/.

Steue (talk) 23:48, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Here, i'm afraid, i simply don't understand what you are saying is wrong with the article/first sentence as is. A plough or plow (US; both /plaʊ/) is a farm tool... is surely essentially universal shorthand for A plough, spelled plow in American English, but pronounced /plaʊ/ in both, is a farm tool...? Especially as US is directly linked to an article covering the differences between English and American English spelling. Seems to me that we use this construction all through WP where there are spelling (or pronunciation) differences, with no one arguing that it's not good enough. To me, any attempt to clarify what is already very clear will lead to an infelicitous introduction. Happy days ~ Lindsay^Hello 18:18, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Earliest evidence of ploughing

The edit by 193.165.236.67 states that the earliest surviving evidence of ploughing is from the site in Bubeneč, Czech Republic. It cites a Czech-language press statement by the Czech Academy of Sciences, stating that it is probably the oldest evdence of a field on Czech territory. It doesn't say anything about the world. I suppose that the edit is just an original research by the user, but I know too little of archeology to decide what to write in its place. Mikjan (talk) 19:34, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

A plow that turns the soil is a Czech invention from 1827. In Czechia it's in every elementary school textbook. Evidence of the unique design is preserved pieces and models in The National Agricultural Museum in Prague. The Regional Museum in Pardubice holds documents from an investigation into the origins of the invention from the 19th century. --Vasek7 (talk) 15:19, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Changes to design section

I'm adding some information about use of the heavy plow design before the 1750s. K8shep (talk) 21:41, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Constellations

There is a constillation called Plow. Most people just know the big and little dipper but Plow is equally as important. ~2026-92672-8 (talk) 02:36, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

The Plough is the Big Dipper.   ▶ I am Grorp ◀ 08:59, 11 February 2026 (UTC)