paul    665932 Wed, 12 Nov 08 08:29 PM On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 09:00 "(Email Removed)" "Does anyone know the English word meaning 'almond-eyed'. Many thanks" Sloe-eyed. paul (C) © 2008 is mine paul Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	David    665936 Wed, 12 Nov 08 10:39 PM "Does anyone know the English word meaning 'almond-eyed'. Many thanks" "Sloe-eyed." Why stick at sloe-eyed? Hazel-eyed would be nearer - in that hazels and almonds are both nuts - but just as wrong since almond-eyed refers to shape, not colour. Of course, there's still pop-eyed, boss-eyed and ***-eyed to go; and probably quite a few others. New Marmite(TM): Not as thick! Not as dark! Not as te! David - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ David Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Colours, Languages

	paul    665937 Thu, 13 Nov 08 02:23 PM "Sloe-eyed." "Why stick at sloe-eyed?" Eh? That's what I use probably because I've heard it and read it ever since childhood ... ask the authors (1) and such who've used it frequently enough for it to be known and cited! "Hazel-eyed would be nearer - in that hazels and almonds are both nuts - but just as wrong since almond-eyed refers to shape, not colour. Of course, there's still pop-eyed, boss-eyed and ***-eyed to go; and probably quite a few others." (1) some are dead, like Joseph Conrad, so you can't; but Gerald Brown, Leslie Waller and John le Carré are still around. paul (C) © 2008 is mine paul Colours

	David    665943 Thu, 13 Nov 08 07:21 PM I think you missed the point. Reading my entire post - or even just the next sentence - might have helped. New Marmite(TM): Not as thick! Not as dark! Not as te! David - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ David Sentences

	paul    665946 Thu, 13 Nov 08 09:46 PM "Eh? That's what I use probably because I've heard it ... Brown, Leslie Waller and John le Carré are still around." "I think you missed the point. Reading my entire post - or even just the next sentence - might have helped." Really? Having deliberately not snipped your response, ever considered that perhaps 'twas you who did :) paul (C) © 2008 is mine paul Sentences

	David    665947 Thu, 13 Nov 08 10:31 PM "I think you missed the point. Reading my entire post - or even just the next sentence - might have helped." "Really? Having deliberately not snipped your response, ever considered that perhaps 'twas you who did :)" I'm not sure that I can work out a sense in your reply. I will, however, say that whilst you might not actually have /snipped/ my response, your splitting of my paragraph in order to reply to just the first sentence, without apparently taking my following explanatory remarks into account, merely to state that your happening to have read the term in a couple of books is some sort of justification for offering the two-word expression 'sloe-eyed' as an "English word meaning 'almond-eyed'", does come across quite strongly as being somewhat shy of the point I made. New Marmite(TM): Not as thick! Not as dark! Not as te! David - toro-danyo atcost uku fullstop co fullstop uk http://www.toro-danyo.uku.co.uk/ David Paragraphs, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Writing, Sentences, Languages