Is there a difference between titties and boobies?
Demetrius Zeluff
have different meanings?
I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
For a bit of background:-
I got involved in a conversation on <rec.arts.sf.composition>
It started with a person mentioning the distress they felt at people
mispronouncing the main characters name.
Other people said 'Don't wory about it', then someone asked if Orcs would
be as scary if they were called fluffies.
This woman...
<http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
&threadm=q8pq90pt70e0dcs1r5mk82hsah6dn1grsl%404ax.com&rnum=1
&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dtitties%2Bboobies%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%
26oe%3DUTF-8%26scoring%3Dd>
said "Words and sounds don't have associations _inherently_. They have
associations because human beings attribute them."
Which made me think of Professor Ramachandran's Reith lectures.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/lecture4.shtml>
--
Kill-filers:
My screen name changes,
My email address doesn't.
Tony Cooper
<2876...@tmicha.net> wrote:
>Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>have different meanings?
Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
>I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
>question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
>that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
>form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
Even on considered reflection.....same.
Michael Hamm
part:
> > Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
> > have different meanings?
>
> Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
Maybe I'm wrong, but to me, 'tit' refers to the nipple, whereas 'boob'
refers to the breast. (I'm not likely to use either word, though, in
practice, and certainly not 'titties' or 'boobies'.)
Michael Hamm NB: Of late, my e-mail address is being
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis 'spoofed' a bit. That is, spammers send
msh...@math.wustl.edu e-mail that seems to be from me. Please
http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ realize that no spam is in fact from me.
Professor Redwine
> Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
> have different meanings?
Same meaning, different user group - that is my gut feeling.
Er, I mean user group for the expression, not the... oh well, never mind.
> I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
> question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
> that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
> form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
>
>
>
>
> For a bit of background:-
>
> I got involved in a conversation on <rec.arts.sf.composition>
>
> It started with a person mentioning the distress they felt at people
> mispronouncing the main characters name.
>
> Other people said 'Don't wory about it', then someone asked if Orcs would
> be as scary if they were called fluffies.
<snip>
> said "Words and sounds don't have associations _inherently_. They have
> associations because human beings attribute them."
Sounds quite Shakespearian to me:
"'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title."
[Romeo and Juliet, Act II Scene ii]
I have never been entirely convinced by the above, in that our
interpretation of sensory inputs is influenced by prior knowledge.
Give a woman a bunch of roses, but as you do, tell her that although they
look like roses, they are in fact a related but unpleasant relative,
commonly known as "Hippopotamus Rectum" because of the smell that begins
to develop after thirty minutes out of water. See if she considers them to
"smell as sweet".
This experiment, I concede, does not directly address the claim that
words and sounds have associations because we attribute them rather than
inherently. Then again, such a claim is somewhat ridiculous - "associate"
being defined at M-W Online (http://tinyurl.com/ywokx) as: "to bring
together or into relationship in any of various intangible ways (as in
memory or imagination)" and "attribute" as "to regard as a characteristic
of a person or thing" (http://tinyurl.com/hjo6). The woman concerned is
really stating the bleeding obvious, when you take the time to examine her
semantics. It could be paraphrased as:
"Words and sounds are only related to one another in our imagination
because we imagine them to be so."
--
Redwine
Hamburg
Jonathan Miller
news:Xns94E4819C855DB...@news-60.giganews.com...
> Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
> have different meanings?
Of course they have different meanings.
Tits are usually called, in America, chickadees. I assume titties are pet
tits. Boobies can't be domesticated because they aren't smart enough. I
would have thought the same thing about chickadees, but I have seen a
cardinal eat out of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough
for petting purposes. So maybe tits can be petted. Boobies are apparently
tasty enough, especially if you are on the verge of starvation. Tits are
too small to eat, although with recipes for larks' tongues, who knows what
people might think up.
Jon Miller
Tony Cooper
(Michael Hamm) wrote:
>On Mother's Day (US), Tony Cooper <tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrote, in
>part:
>> > Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>> > have different meanings?
>>
>> Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
>
>Maybe I'm wrong, but to me, 'tit' refers to the nipple,
Perhaps on animals, but not humans.
Demetrius Zeluff
news:pan.2004.05.09....@berlin.de:
> On Sun, 09 May 2004 06:45:47 -0500, spake Demetrius Zeluff thus:
[snip]
(I've noted your comments, and will be commenting upon them soonish.)
>> Other people said 'Don't wory about it', then someone asked if Orcs
>> would be as scary if they were called fluffies.
> <snip>
>> said "Words and sounds don't have associations _inherently_. They
>> have associations because human beings attribute them."
[snip]
> This experiment, I concede, does not directly address the claim that
> words and sounds have associations because we attribute them rather
> than inherently. Then again, such a claim is somewhat ridiculous -
> "associate" being defined at M-W Online (http://tinyurl.com/ywokx) as:
> "to bring together or into relationship in any of various intangible
> ways (as in memory or imagination)" and "attribute" as "to regard as a
> characteristic of a person or thing" (http://tinyurl.com/hjo6). The
> woman concerned is really stating the bleeding obvious, when you take
> the time to examine her semantics. It could be paraphrased as:
> "Words and sounds are only related to one another in our imagination
> because we imagine them to be so."
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=15gf0znpqa8np%24.18gg41cqj4dg%24.dlg%4040tude.net
"I believe that there is evidence that some phonosemantic
associations are found cross-linguistically in unrelated
languages."
Ross Howard
<tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrought:
>On Sun, 09 May 2004 06:45:47 -0500, Demetrius Zeluff
><2876...@tmicha.net> wrote:
>
>>Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>>have different meanings?
>
>Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
I think there is. I wouldn't be particularly surprised to hear a woman
refer jocularly to my boobies among acquaintances, but I doubt she'd
say "my titties" except among close friends.
--
Ross Howard
Mike Lyle
> have different meanings?
>
> I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
> question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
> that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
> form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
They often do mean the same; but to me a 'booby', apart from the bird,
is a 'twit', 'plonker', or 'drongo'. I would never use it myself to
mean 'breast'; nor would I use 'boob' for the same thing; I prefer to
use the latter for 'silly mistake', or 'booboo'.
Same with 'titty': I'd use it very rarely, preferring 'tit'. Both are
much less _vulgar_ than 'boob', though for some reason they are more
strongly _tabu_. 'Boob' is almost non-tabu.
(Glad to hear of a Ramachandran fan, by the way.)
Mike.
R H Draney
>
>I have seen a
>cardinal eat out of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough
>for petting purposes.
I am *never* going to understand how this communion thing works....r
Mike Lyle
> "Demetrius Zeluff" <2876...@tmicha.net> wrote in message
> news:Xns94E4819C855DB...@news-60.giganews.com...
> > Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
> > have different meanings?
>
> Of course they have different meanings.
>
> Tits are usually called, in America, chickadees. I assume titties are pet
> tits. Boobies can't be domesticated because they aren't smart enough. I
> would have thought the same thing about chickadees, but I have seen a
> cardinal eat out of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough
> for petting purposes. So maybe tits can be petted.
Yes, but not heavily: that can kill them.
> Boobies are apparently
> tasty enough, especially if you are on the verge of starvation. Tits are
> too small to eat, although with recipes for larks' tongues, who knows what
> people might think up.
I think you drown them in Armagnac and then briefly roast them, like
ortolans and such-like. In Italy small birds are d.o.a. at market, so
presumably no internal Armagnac marinade.
Mike.
Demetrius Zeluff
news:3fa4d950.04050...@posting.google.com:
[snip]
> (Glad to hear of a Ramachandran fan, by the way.)
And his *amazing* RRRRRRrrrRRRs!
J. J. Lodder
> Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
> have different meanings?
>
> I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
> question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
> that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
> form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
But of course:
How could
The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies
possibly be
The Fallen Madonna with the Big Titties?
Jan
Django Cat
wrote:
Listen carefully, I will say zis only once. Could it be UKTV's current
and most welcome 24-hour 'Allo Allo' showings have spread to the
Netherlands?
DC
Tony Cooper
wrote:
How would that be a difference in meaning? That might be a difference
in usage by class or age, but not in meaning.
Skitt
> Ross Howard wrote:
>> Tony Cooper wrought:
>>> Demetrius Zeluff wrote:
>>>> Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do
>>>> they have different meanings?
>>>
>>> Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
>>
>> I think there is. I wouldn't be particularly surprised to hear a
>> woman refer jocularly to my boobies among acquaintances, but I doubt
>> she'd say "my titties" except among close friends.
>
> How would that be a difference in meaning? That might be a difference
> in usage by class or age, but not in meaning.
To me, titties "sound" smaller than boobies, NTTAWWT. Them being smaller,
that is.
--
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
Tony Cooper
wrote:
I take it, then, you would open a Booby Bar instead of a Titty Bar if
you wanted to draw customers. Calling it "Skitt's Booby Trap", of
course.
Spehro Pefhany
I would insist on a double-blind listening test before jumping to any
conclusions.
Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
sp...@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
Skitt
Great idea! That, or "Tantalizing Tittilations".
Charles Riggs
<2876...@tmicha.net> wrote:
>Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>have different meanings?
>
>I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
>question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
>that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer.
Since it is important to you, I'll let you know I had what could be
called a rumbling feeling in my gut when reading the question. I
attribute this to the fact that I've yet to have my breakfast this
morning. *Now* can I read the rest of the thread?
--
Charles Riggs
My email address: chriggs/at/eircom/dot/net
Charles Riggs
wrote:
>"Jonathan Miller" <jonmi...@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<q7CdnW5tWNN...@comcast.com>...
>> "Demetrius Zeluff" <2876...@tmicha.net> wrote in message
>> news:Xns94E4819C855DB...@news-60.giganews.com...
>> > Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>> > have different meanings?
>>
>> Of course they have different meanings.
>>
>> Tits are usually called, in America, chickadees. I assume titties are pet
>> tits. Boobies can't be domesticated because they aren't smart enough. I
>> would have thought the same thing about chickadees, but I have seen a
>> cardinal eat out of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough
>> for petting purposes. So maybe tits can be petted.
>
>Yes, but not heavily: that can kill them.
Best to just put one in your left pocket. Right pockets are for the
pet mouse.
Charles Riggs
wrote:
>Tony Cooper wrote:
>> Ross Howard wrote:
>>> Tony Cooper wrought:
>>>> Demetrius Zeluff wrote:
>
>>>>> Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do
>>>>> they have different meanings?
>>>>
>>>> Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
We haven't even touched upon the many nuances involved here.
>>> I think there is. I wouldn't be particularly surprised to hear a
>>> woman refer jocularly to my boobies among acquaintances, but I doubt
>>> she'd say "my titties" except among close friends.
>>
>> How would that be a difference in meaning? That might be a difference
>> in usage by class or age, but not in meaning.
>
>To me, titties "sound" smaller than boobies, NTTAWWT. Them being smaller,
>that is.
Tits, on the other hand, can be equally as large as boobies, although
they generally aren't as large as boobs.
Dylan Nicholson
> have different meanings?
>
> I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
> question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
> that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
> form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
>
does tend to conjure the image of a larger, rounder bosom, than
'titty' might.
But OTOH it wouldn't strike me as odd for someone to call a pair of
very rotund breasts 'titties', or to describe a more firm & pert set
'boobies'.
Dylan
Ross Howard
<tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrought:
>On Sun, 09 May 2004 20:36:10 +0200, Ross Howard <ggu...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 09 May 2004 08:34:27 -0400, Tony Cooper
>><tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrought:
>>
>>>On Sun, 09 May 2004 06:45:47 -0500, Demetrius Zeluff
>>><2876...@tmicha.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>>>>have different meanings?
>>>
>>>Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
>>
>>I think there is. I wouldn't be particularly surprised to hear a woman
>>refer jocularly to my boobies among acquaintances, but I doubt she'd
>>say "my titties" except among close friends.
>
>How would that be a difference in meaning? That might be a difference
>in usage by class or age, but not in meaning.
The sex, age, class, etc. of the speaker are an integral part of
meaning. Discuss.
--
Ross Howard
Steve Hayes
wrote:
>Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>have different meanings?
>
>I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the
>question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
>that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
>form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
Little girls have titties.
Big girls have boobies.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
Steve Hayes
How do you titillate an ocelot?
You oscillate its tit a lot.
Steve Hayes
wrote:
That's what I thought.
The latter doesn't have the sam, er, cachet.
Would would 'err Flic be able to tell the difference?
Demetrius Zeluff
news:0dfs90tj7ogg1r9a2...@4ax.com:
> On Sun, 9 May 2004 13:36:09 +0000 (UTC), mh...@artsci.wustl.edu
> (Michael Hamm) wrote:
>
>>On Mother's Day (US), Tony Cooper <tony_co...@earthlink.net>
>>wrote, in part:
>>> > Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do
>>> > they have different meanings?
>>>
>>> Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
>>
>>Maybe I'm wrong, but to me, 'tit' refers to the nipple,
>
> Perhaps on animals, but not humans.
But there is an engineering use of tit, nipple, pip, meaning "that little
sticky outy bit".
(But I've never thought of a tit as being just the nipple)
Demetrius Zeluff
> Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
> have different meanings?
[snip]
Well.
How odd.
A few peeople have mentioned that titties might be smaller than boobies,
but only one person has said that a boobie is rounder than a tittie.
These aren't words I use, but if I read them I think of titties having
either a pertness, or a pointyness, that boobies just don't have. Note
this isn't a size thing either, quite small breasts could be boobies.
I'd like to thank everyone for their responses.
Tony Cooper
wrote:
>On Sun, 09 May 2004 20:34:01 -0400, Tony Cooper
><tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrought:
>
>>On Sun, 09 May 2004 20:36:10 +0200, Ross Howard <ggu...@yahoo.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 09 May 2004 08:34:27 -0400, Tony Cooper
>>><tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrought:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 09 May 2004 06:45:47 -0500, Demetrius Zeluff
>>>><2876...@tmicha.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
>>>>>have different meanings?
>>>>
>>>>Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
>>>
>>>I think there is. I wouldn't be particularly surprised to hear a woman
>>>refer jocularly to my boobies among acquaintances, but I doubt she'd
>>>say "my titties" except among close friends.
>>
>>How would that be a difference in meaning? That might be a difference
>>in usage by class or age, but not in meaning.
>
>The sex, age, class, etc. of the speaker are an integral part of
>meaning. Discuss.
I don't think so. "I saw her titties!" and "I saw her boobies!" both
have the same meaning no matter who says it. The choice of which of
the two words, or which of the many other words that mean the same
thing, employed may be determined by sex, age, or class. That would
be usage but not definition. Rebut.
Ross Howard
<tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrought:
Referents are only a part of meaning. If they weren't, then
"African-Americans", "black", "darkies" and "niggers" would be
synonyms, meaning exactly the same thing and thus being fully
interchangeable -- like "maybe"/"perhaps".
Many words give essential information about the speaker/writer's
attitude to the referent as well as just identifying the referent.
Otherwise, "Nuke the ragheads!" would have exactly the same meaning as
"I advocate an escalation of operations by coalition forces in Iraq
using all the resources at our disposal". And it doesn't.
(All this, obviously -- to paraphrase Clinton -- depends on what we
think "mean" means.)
--
Ross Howard
Sara Lorimer
I know a two-year-old girl who shouts "boobies boobies boobies!" when
she wants -- avert your eyes, Charles -- to nurse.
--
SML
Dalg! Glidj! Blimlimlim!
http://pirate-women.com
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
[...]
> I know a two-year-old girl who shouts "boobies boobies boobies!"
> when she wants -- avert your eyes, Charles -- to nurse.
That kid is doomed to become an illiterate lesbian.
> --
> SML
> Dalg! Glidj! Blimlimlim!
Is that the sound you make when having a banana in you/r ear?
--
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
Charles Riggs
wrote:
An 'Of Mice and Men' allusion.
That's the title of a 'novel', YJ. A novel is a form of fictitious
prose related in a 'book'. Books can be found in 'libraries' and in
'bookstores', YJ. Lib...
It was written by John Steinbeck, T**y. His books are further along
the library shelf than those by your man, Tom Clancy, but you may
there if you live to be 130.
Charles Riggs
I applaud the practice of future adults being suckled on women's milk
and could even find time to talk about the further advantages of a
woman not consuming alcohol or smoking over the duration of time she
offers teat, wanting, as I do, young boys to grow up to be strong and
healthy men.
Discussions of giving birth and such, Sara, is a horse of another
name, no? It is those I rail against, should they take place within
earshot of gentlemen.
Tony Cooper
wrote:
>It was written by John Steinbeck, T**y. His books are further along
>the library shelf than those by your man, Tom Clancy, but you may
>there if you live to be 130.
Your attempted barbs would be more effective if your memory of what
I've written was better. I've read two Clancy books. I was convinced
by the second chapter of the third that Clancy had become a
crank-'em-out writer and gave him up. I can't remember how many
Steinbeck books I've read, but it's at least six. "Travels with
Charley" had nothing to do with you, much to my dismay.
I do admit to trying to read Joyce, but giving up on him. I think you
were thinking about Roddy Doyle - there's yer man - who is closer to
Clancy on the shelves.
Jonathan Miller
news:s701a0tc2k3pjt4v1...@4ax.com...
Huh? Why? It's all natural, so it's natural to talk about it.
In particular, my view of breeding selection is, if the dam needs drugs,
it's a bad line to breed to. There needs to be some way to find out about
that. Overhearing is much more likely to elicit the truth than direct
questioning.
By the way, human intelligence evolved as a sexual attractor. And still
functions that way. See practically all the work of Geoffrey Miller.
Jon Miller
Charles Riggs
It's natural, and it's natural women will talk about such things among
themselves or with their doctors. We'll also agree that jock itch and
prostrate cancer are common occurrences for men. While we might
discuss aspects of these and other male conditions needing medical
attention, it would be impolite -- almost unthinkable -- to discuss
them when women are present. An exception could be made if one or more
of the women present are medical practitioners.
Dr Robin Bignall
wrote:
>On Tue, 11 May 2004 23:49:27 -0700, "Jonathan Miller"
My prostate has left me prostrate on a couple of occasions, and it's a good
thing my missiz (Hi, Prof) was there at the time.
--
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Hertfordshire
England
Sara Lorimer
> On Tue, 11 May 2004 23:49:27 -0700, "Jonathan Miller"
> <jonmi...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >"Charles Riggs" <CHA...@aircom.net> wrote in message
> >news:s701a0tc2k3pjt4v1...@4ax.com...
> >> Discussions of giving birth and such, Sara, is a horse of another
> >> name, no? It is those I rail against, should they take place within
> >> earshot of gentlemen.
> >
> >Huh? Why? It's all natural, so it's natural to talk about it.
>
> It's natural, and it's natural women will talk about such things among
> themselves or with their doctors. We'll also agree that jock itch and
> prostrate cancer are common occurrences for men.
I'd compare a birth story to a war story, not to a complaint about jock
itch. Interesting to those who've been in similar situations;
incomprehensible to those who haven't.
--
SML, wondering where her Medal of Valor is
http://pirate-women.com
J. J. Lodder
> On Mon, 10 May 2004 00:06:54 +0200, J. J. Lodder <nos...@de-ster.demon.nl>
> wrote:
>
> > Demetrius Zeluff <2876...@tmicha.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Do the words "Titties" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they
> >> have different meanings?
> >>
> >> I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read
> >> the
> >> question, rather than your considered opinion. To me it is important
> >> that I know how you feel *before* you read anyone else's answer. (Bad
> >> form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
> >
> > But of course:
> > How could
> > The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies
> > possibly be
> > The Fallen Madonna with the Big Titties?
> >
> >
> > Jan
> >
>
> Listen carefully, I will say zis only once. Could it be UKTV's current
> and most welcome 24-hour 'Allo Allo' showings have spread to the
> Netherlands?
You shouldn't take all e-mail adresses at face value.
And yes, some English TV series
are being recycled ad nauseam on Belgian and Dutch TV,
and BBC 1 and 2 are available directly with >90% coverage on cable TV,
Jan
Evan Kirshenbaum
> Jan:
>
>>
>>But of course:
>>How could
>>The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies
>>possibly be
>>The Fallen Madonna with the Big Titties?
>
> Which Madonna are you talking about--this can apply to either one.
Not a fan of British TV, eh? (Although I confess that I had to google
to discover *why* it sounded familiar..._'Allo 'Allo!_ was only seen
rarely in the US, which is somewhat surprising as it has more episodes
(85) than a lot of British imports that were staples. Of course, it
took them some nine seasons to get that many.)
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Don Aitken
<kirsh...@hpl.hp.com> wrote:
>de...@aol.com (DE781) writes:
>
>> Jan:
>>
>>>
>>>But of course:
>>>How could
>>>The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies
>>>possibly be
>>>The Fallen Madonna with the Big Titties?
>>
>> Which Madonna are you talking about--this can apply to either one.
>
>Not a fan of British TV, eh? (Although I confess that I had to google
>to discover *why* it sounded familiar..._'Allo 'Allo!_ was only seen
>rarely in the US, which is somewhat surprising as it has more episodes
>(85) than a lot of British imports that were staples. Of course, it
>took them some nine seasons to get that many.)
For more than you could possibly want to know about the show, see
http://www.coldcut.com/video/aa/ - it seems to have some dedicated
American fans. It's always been a favorite of mine, though it is more
fashionable to despise it, for some reason.
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>>that is.
>
>Tits, on the other hand, can be equally as large as boobies, although
>they generally aren't as large as boobs.
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I agree, but I wonder if Dolly Parton, the titular queen of
country music, would agree.
- Bill F.
Great Teacher Umikun
> But there is an engineering use of tit, nipple, pip, meaning "that little
> sticky outy bit".
>
> (But I've never thought of a tit as being just the nipple)
I know that electricians often refer to a short (up to 20 cm or so)
piece of conduit as a nipple. The threaded hollowed tube about 3 cm
long used for mounting light fixtures (including chandeliers) is also
called a nipple. The threaded stub inside a ceiling box is called a
stud, and the metal loop piece that connects the stud to the nipple is
called a hickey. (Source: Home Repair and Improvement: Basic Wiring)
Christopher Green
Plumbers, too. A nipple is any short length of pipe, normally with
male threads on both ends, used for making joins. There are also
nipple wrenches and nipple extractors, which sound painful.
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> On Sun, 9 May 2004 13:36:09 +0000 (UTC), mh...@artsci.wustl.edu
> (Michael Hamm) wrote:
>
> >On Mother's Day (US), Tony Cooper <tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrote, in
> >part:
> >> > have different meanings?
> >>
> >
>
> Perhaps on animals, but not humans.
On an animal other than Homo sapiens, they're "teats", except in
barnyard expressions such as "sucking hind tit".
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Robert Bannister
pressure nipples used to put out a girlie calendar.
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