Talk:Spit (landform)

message: I think this part maybe very poor. Spurn Head lies in a north west to south east direction due to long shore drift. The spurn should probably added as the example of the UK's best known and possibly largest spit (that needs checking).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Samlaw (talk • contribs) 16:29, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK part of Spits around the world 

message: One question I have that this article didn't address: where did the word come from? I wouldn't be surprised if it has some Germanic origin, but since it's similar enough in concept to expectoration, we ought to explain this. Daniel Case (talk) 16:49, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: According to Etymonline, it is the same word as roasting spit actually. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 16:10, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology? 

message: Hey, is the hook on Mass. a type of spit?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.238.63.123 (talk) 16:57, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massachusettes 

message: Chesil beach is not a spit - it was, for a long time, considered a tombolo, but geological investigation suggests it is an offshore barrier. I'm sure the actual page for Chesil in Wiki says this???  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.27.198.3 (talk) 19:33, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chesil Beach 

message: About half of the section "Spits Around the World" appears to be complete nonsense. For instance "Spits in the UK are caused by prevailing southwesterly winds, which give the spits their direction." What about Orford Ness, where the overall longshore drift is from the North (though there are some complexities to this generalisation)? Then we all know that Chesil Beach is not a spit. 
I can't speak for the rest of this section -  but that has to be highly suspect too, based on the above. Incidentally, I note that there are no in-line references in this section.
Is this some sort of sabotage by a geography teacher who wants to catch the students who didn't attend any of the classes or read any set books? 
Is there a proper geographer out there who can rewrite all this stuff? (I would take it on, but I'm still reading up on the subject for the last Wikipedia page that "lit the blue touchpaper".)
ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 16:46, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The UK paragraph is obviously bollocks. I would have deleted it without discussion – but now that you've started one, we'd better see if there are any dissenters. Maproom (talk) 17:35, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm thinking the whole article needs a good look at - I don't have a very complete knowledge of this subject, so the whole lot could be nonsense as far as I know. And I am reluctant to just delete the rubbish without replacing it with some information that is correct. I am just in the process of flagging this up on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography to see if there is someone better suited to the task than me. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 22:35, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spits around the world 

message: This article needs to describe the difference between a spit and a tombolo. 2A04:4A43:572F:CB45:0:0:179E:DC9D (talk) 09:12, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference from tombolo