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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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Is there a difference between titties and boobies?
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.)
For a bit of background:-
I got involved in a conversation on
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...
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.
Kill-filers:
My screen name changes,
My email address doesn't.
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
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...
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.
Kill-filers:
My screen name changes,
My email address doesn't.
Top answer
[nq:1]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? [/nq] Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
- [nq:1]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing?
- [/nq] Same.
- Not even a nuance of difference.
- [nq:1]I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the question, rather than your considered opinion.
- how you feel before you read anyone else's answer.
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[nq:1]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings?[/nq]
Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
[nq:1]I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the question, rather than your considered opinion. ... how you feel before you read anyone else's answer. (Bad form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
Same. Not even a nuance of difference.
[nq:1]I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the question, rather than your considered opinion. ... how you feel before you read anyone else's answer. (Bad form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)
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On Mother's Day (US), Tony Cooper wrote, in part:
[nq:2]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings?[/nq]
[nq:1]Same. Not even a nuance of difference.[/nq]
Maybe I'm wrong, but to me, '***' refers to the nipple, whereas '****' refers to the breast. (I'm not likely to use either word, though, in practice, and certainly not '*******' or '
[nq:2]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings?[/nq]
[nq:1]Same. Not even a nuance of difference.[/nq]
Maybe I'm wrong, but to me, '***' refers to the nipple, whereas '****' refers to the breast. (I'm not likely to use either word, though, in practice, and certainly not '*******' or '
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[nq:1]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings?[/nq]
Same meaning, different user group - that is my gut feeling.
Er, I mean user group for the expression, not the... oh well, never mind.
[nq:1]I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the question, rather than your considered opinion. ... fluffies. sa
Same meaning, different user group - that is my gut feeling.
Er, I mean user group for the expression, not the... oh well, never mind.
[nq:1]I'd be more interested to know your gut feeling when you've just read the question, rather than your considered opinion. ... fluffies. sa
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[nq:2]Same. Not even a nuance of difference.[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe I'm wrong, but to me, '***' refers to the nipple,[/nq]
Perhaps on animals, but not humans.
[nq:1]Maybe I'm wrong, but to me, '***' refers to the nipple,[/nq]
Perhaps on animals, but not humans.
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(snip)
(I've noted your comments, and will be commenting upon them soonish.)
[nq:2]Other people said 'Don't wory about it', then someone asked if Orcs would be as scary if they were called fluffies.[/nq]
[nq:2]said "Words and sounds don't have associations inherently . They have associations because human beings attribute them."[/nq]
(snip)
[nq:1]This experiment, I concede, doe
(I've noted your comments, and will be commenting upon them soonish.)
[nq:2]Other people said 'Don't wory about it', then someone asked if Orcs would be as scary if they were called fluffies.[/nq]
[nq:2]said "Words and sounds don't have associations inherently . They have associations because human beings attribute them."[/nq]
(snip)
[nq:1]This experiment, I concede, doe
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[nq:1]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings?[/nq]
Of course they have different meanings.
are usually called, in America, chickadees. I assume ******* are pet ***. 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,
Of course they have different meanings.
are usually called, in America, chickadees. I assume ******* are pet ***. 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,
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[nq:2]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings?[/nq]
[nq:1]Same. Not even a nuance of difference.[/nq]
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 *******" except among close friends.
Ross Howard
[nq:1]Same. Not even a nuance of difference.[/nq]
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 *******" except among close friends.
Ross Howard
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Jonathan Miller filted:
[nq:1]I have seen a cardinal eat out of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough for petting purposes.[/nq]
I am never going to understand how this communion thing works..r
[nq:1]I have seen a cardinal eat out of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough for petting purposes.[/nq]
I am never going to understand how this communion thing works..r
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[nq:1]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings? I'd be more interested ... how you feel before you read anyone else's answer. (Bad form I know, not reading the thread before you reply.)[/nq]
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 'b
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 'b
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[nq:2]Do the words "*******" and "boobies" mean the same thing? Or do they have different meanings?[/nq]
[nq:1]Of course they have different meanings. are usually called, in America, chickadees. I assume ******* are pet ***. Boobies ... of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough for petting purposes. So maybe *** can be petted.[/nq]
Yes, but not heavily: that can kill them.
[nq:1]Of course they have different meanings. are usually called, in America, chickadees. I assume ******* are pet ***. Boobies ... of a person's hand, so maybe that counts as close enough for petting purposes. So maybe *** can be petted.[/nq]
Yes, but not heavily: that can kill them.
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