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Antonia

#113567 Wed, 29 Jun 05 11:46 AM

In the phrase pie-faced actor (pertaining to Orson Welles), does this adjective have a pejorative conotation?Or does it have a kind of ''cute'' effect, or is it neutral, meaning simply round-headed?

Antonia

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pieanne

#113576 Wed, 29 Jun 05 12:04 PM

I think it means he has a round face.

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

Antonia

#113579 Wed, 29 Jun 05 12:19 PM

Thanks pieane!!

Antonia

pieanne

#113628 Wed, 29 Jun 05 03:38 PM

You're always welcome, Antonia! (f) , or rather Storm [st]

, but just for the rain!

pieanne

Clive

#113736 Wed, 29 Jun 05 10:50 PM

Hi,
Trying to quote only from memory, I think that in MacBeth, our hero gets angry and says to someone 'The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon'.
I've always liked that. And I've met a lot of cream-faced loons.
Clive

PS added a moment later - how interesting, I wrote 'damn' with an 'a', and when it posted, the software had replaced the 'a' with an asterisk.

PS added a moment after the first PS - there, it did it again! Damn, damn, damn.

So this means that the computer is protecting our tender sensibilities, how nice!
And it must also have a list of naughty words to look out for. Shades of George Carlin.
Perhaps someone would like to test out other risque English terms?

Clive

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pieanne

#113956 Thu, 30 Jun 05 05:21 PM

No, Clive! Smile [:)]

No longer on the New Forums! No sensibilities protection anymore... It's all up to you!

pieanne