"Red Head“？？？

Dear Coolioo,

A «redhead» is a person with auburn hair. Nicole Kidman is a redhead.

I may perhaps be permitted to add, that in my youth I was partial to the redheads Rita Hayworth and Greer Garson.

In Italy of course, a "redhead" is a car; a Testarossa, the Ferrari named after the red colour of the cylinder head.

Sorry I'm just confusing things here!

Oh, thnx Goldmund. Just one more question, if a girl dye her hair in auburn color, can I say she is a "red head"?? Or only girls with natural auburn hair can be called "red head"?? And can I call a man with auburn hair a "red head"??

Thnx in advance....

yes, man. u r making the things more confusing...

But thnx for your answer. Now I know red head can be a car!

Notice, Coolioo, that redhead is one word when referring to a person (usually, but not necessarily, a female) by the hair color-- natural or dyed. Some folks prefer not to apply the term to strawberry blondes, or auburns.

I feel, somehow, you have to earn the term "redhead". It implies a certain temperament.

Or to put it another way: I wouldn't describe every red- or auburn-haired girl as a redhead.

(Or is that a ridiculous idea?)

MrP

MrPedantic(Or is that a ridiculous idea?)

Not to me. But we're moving against the tide (Hokusai's Great Wave, actually...or maybe its Breck's).