Aren't they called corn rows?

[Miss*Tress]

This is a fun thread... I also see the UK ladies using the term Canerows.

I believe the majority of black people in the UK are of Caribbean origin hence use of the term "cane row".

I'm not sure what people from English-speaking Africa call that type of braid though. That would be a third appellation to add.

It's definitely not cane or corn "rolls"; "roll" is a mispronunciation.

 

[lucy]

Im have Caribbean heritage, and always referred to them as cornrows. As someone else mentioned a french braid, is one long over handed braid, while plaits are individual braids.

 

[vkb247]

Well, since this thread has already started, can I ask what the difference is between cornrows and french braids. I had always thought it was a size difference but now I'm beginning to think it's a over hand / under hand difference? Can anyone enlighten me?

i think cornrows are actually like dutch braids. and all a dutch braid is (from what i know) is an underhand french braid.


french braid:

dutch braid:

whereas you usually only have 1 or 2 dutch braids on your head, cornrows are just a bunch of small flat braids on your head. you have to have a bunch so it looks like actual rows... so techincally one could do a bunch of overhand french braids and call them cornrows i guess.

I always call underhand braids (many of them) corn rows and overhand braids are barley rows (cause they look different when done this way) but most people don't usually differentiate. I hate going to braiders who don't know the difference because I prefer the look of barley rows and I can keep the neater for longer. I would call one or two barley rows a french braid(s).

 

[RubyWoo]

The expression, cane rows (as in rows of sugar cane) comes from the Caribbean. Cain row is a misspelling.

Thank you! Where I'm from(West Indian/Carib), we call them cane rows. Some of my people also say cane rolls and I had been accustomed to saying cane rolls prior to coming on this forum. There is no "correct" term imo. Depending on where you're from, some people have different terms.

 

[Studio_gal]

I agree with this post and i have always called them Canerow's.

Cornrow's sounds strange to me as i'm in the UK and have Caribbean heritage.

ditto

 

[SexyCap]

Quick Question: So if you call cornrows french braids, what do you call french braids? Do you refer to them as one in the same?

TO answer the OP: they are called corn rows, just like every body else said. It sorta gets me when ppl say Corn "Rolls"

Until just now, I always thought they were the same. I was just told some people braided "underhanded" (the "inny" cornrow/french braid look) and some people braided "overhanded" (the raised cornrow look) and that if it were more than 2 it was cornrows. I have trouble cornrowing but I can french braid according to what I'm understanding of the definitions you guys are giving.


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[londontresses]

Yep - canerows and plaits.....cornrows and braids are generally not common terms in the UK.

 

[SexyCap]

see in my family (West Indian) there are cornrow/canerow and then plaits. Plaits are individual braids. They way my mother does them they look like triangles, but I don't know if that is just her. You say "plait up the hair" when you want to put medium individual braids in them

I'm from Louisiana and its the same. Plaits hang, braids don't. Except if you get fake hair, then those are called braids too.

 

[varaneka]

I'm going to try and do this on my hair

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[jerseygurl]

In Nigeria, we call it weaving. I first heard the term cornrows here in the US.

 

[missnappylady]

In Nigeria, we call it weaving. I first heard the term cornrows here in the US.

Yes! I never heard the term Cornrow or Canerow until I got to N. America (I'm also Nigerian). I don't remember what the name was for that type of braid though. I vaguely remember "weave" too then I started to think.... then what is weave (as in sew-in)?

 

[ceebee3]

All the terms make geographic sense:

America: We have plenty of corn fields with rows of corn = cornrows

Carribbean: Plenty of fields of cane = cane rows

Continent of Africa: basket weavers = weaving

They all describe the same thing.

We're such a diverse people.

 

[Lanea87]

I type cornrows and cornrolls all the time, never knew it bothered ppl. My bad......

 

[MJ]

When I'm here, I call them "cornrow." When I'm in Jamaica, I call them "canerow."

 

[HoneyA]

I always knew them as cornrows.