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Marius Hancu
Feb 1, 2012, 3:18:39 AM2/1/12
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Hello:
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[Calling the boys by sounding the conch]
Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached
the platform above a fluttering patch of black. The two boys, bullet-
headed and with hair like tow, flung themselves down and lay grinning
and panting at Ralph like dogs. They were twins, and the eye was
shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed
together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.
William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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"bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
but as Ralph sees them for the first time, I don't think he can make
any assumptions on them, thus it must be about the shape proper of
their heads.
How about it?
--
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
--
[Calling the boys by sounding the conch]
Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached
the platform above a fluttering patch of black. The two boys, bullet-
headed and with hair like tow, flung themselves down and lay grinning
and panting at Ralph like dogs. They were twins, and the eye was
shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed
together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.
William Golding, Lord of the Flies
---
"bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
but as Ralph sees them for the first time, I don't think he can make
any assumptions on them, thus it must be about the shape proper of
their heads.
How about it?
--
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
Derek Turner
Feb 1, 2012, 7:39:53 AM2/1/12
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:18:39 -0800, Marius Hancu wrote:
> "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
> but as Ralph sees them for the first time, I don't think he can make any
> assumptions on them, thus it must be about the shape proper of their
> heads.
> How about it?
BrE dosen't know the 'fool'. Yes it's the shape.
> "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
> but as Ralph sees them for the first time, I don't think he can make any
> assumptions on them, thus it must be about the shape proper of their
> heads.
> How about it?
tony cooper
Feb 1, 2012, 8:03:06 AM2/1/12
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
Don Phillipson
Feb 1, 2012, 8:11:10 AM2/1/12
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"Marius Hancu" <marius...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:b9307e41-1ac1-4de0...@hs8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
> Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached
> the platform above a fluttering patch of black. The two boys, bullet-
> headed and with hair like tow, flung themselves down and lay grinning
> and panting at Ralph like dogs. They were twins, and the eye was
> shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed
> together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.
>
> William Golding, Lord of the Flies
> ---
> "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
Bullet-headed is (was) a standard English phrase to
specify the hair cut very short (as for convicts, new
recruits in the army, etc.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
news:b9307e41-1ac1-4de0...@hs8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
> Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached
> the platform above a fluttering patch of black. The two boys, bullet-
> headed and with hair like tow, flung themselves down and lay grinning
> and panting at Ralph like dogs. They were twins, and the eye was
> shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed
> together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.
>
> William Golding, Lord of the Flies
> ---
> "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
specify the hair cut very short (as for convicts, new
recruits in the army, etc.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Marius Hancu
Feb 1, 2012, 12:38:50 PM2/1/12
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On Feb 1, 7:39 am, Derek Turner <frde...@cesmail.net> wrote:
> > "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
> > but as Ralph sees them for the first time, I don't think he can make any
> > assumptions on them, thus it must be about the shape proper of their
> > heads.
> > How about it?
>
> BrE dosen't know the 'fool'. Yes it's the shape.
Thank you all.
> > "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
> > but as Ralph sees them for the first time, I don't think he can make any
> > assumptions on them, thus it must be about the shape proper of their
> > heads.
> > How about it?
>
> BrE dosen't know the 'fool'. Yes it's the shape.
Marius Hancu
Marius Hancu
Feb 1, 2012, 12:40:01 PM2/1/12
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On Feb 1, 8:11 am, "Don Phillipson" <e...@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote:
> > Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached
> > the platform above a fluttering patch of black. The two boys, bullet-
> > headed and with hair like tow, flung themselves down and lay grinning
> > and panting at Ralph like dogs. They were twins, and the eye was
> > shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed
> > together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.
>
> > William Golding, Lord of the Flies
> > ---
> > "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
>
> Bullet-headed is (was) a standard English phrase to
> specify the hair cut very short (as for convicts, new
> recruits in the army, etc.)
Interesting.
> > Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached
> > the platform above a fluttering patch of black. The two boys, bullet-
> > headed and with hair like tow, flung themselves down and lay grinning
> > and panting at Ralph like dogs. They were twins, and the eye was
> > shocked and incredulous at such cheery duplication. They breathed
> > together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital.
>
> > William Golding, Lord of the Flies
> > ---
> > "bullet-headed": slang dictionaries indicate it to mean "fool,"
>
> Bullet-headed is (was) a standard English phrase to
> specify the hair cut very short (as for convicts, new
> recruits in the army, etc.)
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
David Dyer-Bennet
Feb 1, 2012, 1:31:13 PM2/1/12
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Steve Hayes
Feb 1, 2012, 1:42:24 PM2/1/12
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On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:18:39 -0800 (PST), Marius Hancu <marius...@gmail.com>
wrote:
In my youth I read books that referred to "bullet-headed Normans", and I
thought it referred to those metal helmets they wore that came to a point,
because all the bullets I had come across were pointed.
But apparently the expression is older than that, and was derived from the old
round bullets used in muzzle-loaders,
It therefore means brachycephalic (round-headed) as opposed to dolichocephalic
(long-headed).
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
wrote:
thought it referred to those metal helmets they wore that came to a point,
because all the bullets I had come across were pointed.
But apparently the expression is older than that, and was derived from the old
round bullets used in muzzle-loaders,
It therefore means brachycephalic (round-headed) as opposed to dolichocephalic
(long-headed).
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
Mike Lyle
Feb 2, 2012, 12:40:34 PM2/2/12
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bullets" once (still?) used in fishing.
Given this day under our seal,
Mike.
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