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Re: A new point about fonts to argue and speculate over
Subject:Re: A new point about fonts to argue and speculate over From:John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com> To:Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> Date:Wed, 7 Nov 2012 00:23:55 -0600
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On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:15 PM, Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
> On 11/6/2012 1:34 PM, John Allred wrote:
>> Sometimes, one person's abomination is innocuous to another. I doubt many folks could give a reasonable explanation for the origin of "bald-faced lie, whereas, in its absence, "bold face lie" is nearly self-explanatory and vividly descriptive.
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> My interpretation of "bald-faced lie" without doing *any* research whatsoever, is that "bald-faced" means "bare-faced" and it means without shame. The phrase, "losing face," means to be ashamed. So, I think (but I can research this if I can my find my etymological references) that "face" has something to do with a person's pride and humility. Contrast this to "bold face," where it seems to me the "face" has more to do with a presentation in the world, whether a font or a person, and "bold" means to stand out and "face" means what others see. When it comes to politics and political campaigning, either "bald-faced" or "bold face" can apply depending on what the politician is doing or trying to convey.
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> I love words...
I do, too. These distinctions are important.
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