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Mickwick
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:01 pm
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In alt.usage.english, Steve Hayes wrote:
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
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By invading Poland?
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Mickwick |
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Frances Kemmish
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:01 pm
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Mickwick wrote:
| Quote: | In alt.usage.english, Steve Hayes wrote:
My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has
been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow
forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
By invading Poland?
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Invading Poland moves the moustache to the lower lip? That's a neat trick. |
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Robbie
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:01 pm
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"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4197757e.39157420@news.saix.net...
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead,
almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
Can't explain the perpendicular bit , but as for the 'tache - are you sure |
that your wife wasn't reading the book upside down?
Robbie |
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:02 pm
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"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote...
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has
been puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow
forehead, almost exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his
lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
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Oł sont les glues d'antan?
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Irwell
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 6:02 pm
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:16:39 GMT, hayesmstw@hotmail.com (Steve Hayes) wrote:
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
Old Nick. |
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JimC
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:01 pm
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"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4197757e.39157420@news.saix.net...
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
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Why couldn't the axis of a chin beard be vertical, i.e., at a right
angle to the line of his eyebrows? It would also reenforce the
narrowness of his face. |
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John Dean
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 9:01 pm
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Steve Hayes wrote:
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has
been puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow
forehead, almost exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his
lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
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If someone attacked you with a machete.
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John Dean
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Don Tuite
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:00 pm
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:16:39 GMT, hayesmstw@hotmail.com (Steve Hayes)
wrote:
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
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Picasso has a lot to answer for.
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JC Dill
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:00 pm
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:16:39 GMT, hayesmstw@hotmail.com (Steve Hayes)
wrote:
| Quote: | My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
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It appears that the writer couldn't decide if the character had a
goatee or a mustache, and ended up with parts of both descriptions
mixed together.
jc |
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Ray Heindl
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| Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 10:00 pm
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"JimC" <jimc@cross-comp.com> wrote:
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"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4197757e.39157420@news.saix.net...
My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and
has been puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow
forehead, almost exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on
his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
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By having a lip transplant? According to various dictionaries, a
moustache is only on the *upper* lip.
| Quote: | Why couldn't the axis of a chin beard be vertical, i.e., at a
right angle to the line of his eyebrows? It would also reenforce
the narrowness of his face.
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But could such a beard be "thick"? It would have to be trimmed to be
narrow enough to have a vertical axis, which would reduce its
thickness.
I wonder if the writer meant 'parallel' rather than 'perpendicular',
but chose the latter because he couldn't remember where the double-L
goes in 'parallel'.
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Ray Heindl
(remove the Xs to reply to: xvortren-news@yaxhoo.com) |
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Alan Hope
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:00 am
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Frances Kemmish goes:
| Quote: | Mickwick wrote:
In alt.usage.english, Steve Hayes wrote:
My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has
been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow
forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
By invading Poland?
Invading Poland moves the moustache to the lower lip? That's a neat trick.
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Also: at right angles to the eyebrow.
See, I thought "perpendicular" was the mistake, and overlooked "lower
lip" entirely.
You must have done the opposite. Funny how the world turns. Is this a
perceptual Coriolis effect?
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Nell
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:01 am
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:59:35 GMT, "JimC" <jimc@cross-comp.com> wrote:
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"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4197757e.39157420@news.saix.net...
My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
Why couldn't the axis of a chin beard be vertical, i.e., at a right
angle to the line of his eyebrows? It would also reenforce the
narrowness of his face.
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Anyway you look at it (except possibly upside down), that moustache
wandered.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/95/M0499500.html
mustache
SYLLABICATION: mus·tache
PRONUNCIATION: mstsh, m-stsh
VARIANT FORMS: also mous·tache
NOUN: 1. The hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when
cultivated and groomed. 2. Something similar to the cultivated,
groomed hair on the human upper lip, as: a. A group of bristles or
hairs about the mouth of an animal. b. Distinctive coloring or
feathers near the beak of a bird. c. Food or drink sticking
conspicuously to the upper lip: wiped the milk mustache from my face.
ETYMOLOGY: French moustache, from Italian dialectal mustaccio,
from Medieval Greek moustakion, from Greek mustax, mustache, upper
lip. |
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Frances Kemmish
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:01 am
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Alan Hope wrote:
| Quote: | Frances Kemmish goes:
Mickwick wrote:
In alt.usage.english, Steve Hayes wrote:
My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has
been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow
forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
By invading Poland?
Invading Poland moves the moustache to the lower lip? That's a neat trick.
Also: at right angles to the eyebrow.
See, I thought "perpendicular" was the mistake, and overlooked "lower
lip" entirely.
You must have done the opposite. Funny how the world turns. Is this a
perceptual Coriolis effect?
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I didn't miss the perpendicular bit; I envisaged a Hitler-style
moustache, more vertical than horizontal, but located lower.
Like the vertical bit of this attempt at a goatee:
http://www.bradthegame.com/jones/goatee.jpg
Actually, I do have a problem wioth "perpendicular" used to mean "at
right angles to". I always picture something like a church spire.
Fran |
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Carmen L. Abruzzi
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| Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:01 am
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Nell wrote:
| Quote: | On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 17:59:35 GMT, "JimC" <jimc@cross-comp.com> wrote:
"Steve Hayes" <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4197757e.39157420@news.saix.net...
My wife has been reading "The secret sanction" by Brian Haig, and has been
puzzling over the appearance of one of the characters.
He had dark eyebrows, forming a single line across his narrow forehead, almost
exactly perpendicular to the thick moustache on his lower lip.
Any ideas on how anyone would get a face like that?
Why couldn't the axis of a chin beard be vertical, i.e., at a right
angle to the line of his eyebrows? It would also reenforce the
narrowness of his face.
Anyway you look at it (except possibly upside down), that moustache
wandered.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/95/M0499500.html
mustache
SYLLABICATION: mus·tache
PRONUNCIATION: mstsh, m-stsh
VARIANT FORMS: also mous·tache
NOUN: 1. The hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when
cultivated and groomed.
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It's often described as growing on the upper lip, but that
isn't right, either. No hair grows on the lip itself, a
mustache grows on the skin above the upper lip, and often
enough, around the corners of the mouth. It can even be
grown down from the corners to the jaw-line and still be a
mustache, even though that same area being part of a
continuous growth of hair all over the chin would be part of
the beard, not the mustache, if there even be a mustache.
Anyway, one possibility of making sense of the Haigian quote
is that the mustache hairs extend down from their rootings
in the intralabialnasal area to cover both lips, thus
forming a "thick mustache on his lower lip". |
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