"Long hairs" vs. "longhairs"

[Bill D.]

It's funny how many people here refer to us as long hairs when that term means hairs that are long, not people with long hair. There's even a social group here with this term in its title. People with long hair are longhairs, just like a person with red hair is a redhead, not a red head.

I'm not a long hair, but there are a great number of them on my longhaired head. :)

Bill D.

[Gumball]

Haha. So true. If I was a long hair I'd have no arms to style or maintain myself. Woe would be me!

[Arctic]

He he, I propably slip things like that all the time: English is not my native tongue and I never remember which words should be writen together and when ;) I'll try my best from now on! :flower:

[galen]

Longhair is often used as a slang term for intellectuals, artists, or hippies. Even lovers of classical music. Long Hair refers to any hairstyle which is relatively long.

Not that I'm splitting hairs or getting in one's hair. :D

[spidermom]

As long as communication is happening, we don't have to get nit-picky (a technical term) about precise semantics, do we?

[Saranne772]

I never thought about it so I probs used to wrong one at some point, maybe even regularly!!

[dorothea-brooke]

As long as communication is happening, we don't have to get nit-picky (a technical term) about precise semantics, do we?

Yes, these grammar situations can get kind of hairy if we're not careful!

:rollin:

dorothea

[centurytoolate]

I consider myself a longhair in both senses. The one with long hair and the one who loves classical music and other semi-intellectual pursuits. Yay, longhairs!

[CurlyNinja]

Yes, these grammar situations can get kind of hairy if we're not careful!

:rollin:



:rolleyes: But secretly....:bowtome:

That was awfully good!

[dorothea-brooke]

:rolleyes: But secretly....:bowtome:

That was awfully good!

:D

dorothea

[Chromis]

Yes, these grammar situations can get kind of hairy if we're not careful!

:rollin:

dorothea

Yes, we must sometimes go to great lengths to be correct!

[jessie58]

I personally think of longhairs as a state of mind as well as the length of their hair. So very true if you separate the longhairs from the long hairs.

[getoffmyskittle]

I like "hairballs." It's sufficiently ambiguous to be able to mean both!

:eyebrows:

[dor3girl]

I had one guy call me a "longhair-liberal"--and I was like, "dude, you don't even know me! I am actually indie-conservative!" I hate it when people think they can assume how you will vote or eat or shop based on your hair length...

[thankyousir74]

hehe this made me giggle some. I now know to not put a space in between (if I ever did before hand).

[Bill D.]

Yes, we must sometimes go to great lengths to be correct! Even at the cost of splitting hairs. ;)

[FrannyG]

Bill D., I'm surprised at you for starting such a controversial thread! :p

When I joined here, I was a woman with relatively long hair, at least compared to the people in real life. Now I'm a woman who's a longhair. My hair isn't much longer, but my attitude has changed.

[dorothea-brooke]

Even at the cost of splitting hairs. ;)

:bowtome:

dorothea

[Haith]

Rather than let it bother me I have decided that we are making our own slang here. Someone with long hair is a longhair, but not all of us have long hair yet. However, we are all bound by our love of long hair and thus we are all long hairs, even the shorthairs with well, short hair.

[Islandgrrl]

Hmmm.....following this logic, I guess I'm a longhairedredheadedyogateachinghippiechick.

Or not.

[jojo]

As long as communication is happening, we don't have to get nit-picky (a technical term) about precise semantics, do we?
:beerchug: My thoughts exactly, there is no need to 'split hairs :eyebrows:' !!!!

[biggeorge]

hehe this made me giggle some. I now know to not put a space in between (if I ever did before hand).

Made me laugh also. Look at your siggy.

emphasis is mine

[wintersun99]

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[Patrycja]

I didn't even realise this untill you posted this thread,Bill D.. I just get irked when people around here call me a "tree hugging hippie" because of the way I dress and that my hair is on the long side.In my area-hip length is almost unheard of.Anything longer than that is....very rarely seen.Very rarely.

[Pierre]

As long as communication is happening, we don't have to get nit-picky (a technical term) about precise semantics, do we?
Getting nit-picky is lousy. ;)


hehe this made me giggle some. I now know to not put a space in between (if I ever did before hand).
So you won't do it after foot?

Who came up with "beforehand/antemano" first, btw?

[Bill D.]

As long as communication is happening, we don't have to get nit-picky (a technical term) about precise semantics, do we?

I should have been more tactful in my opening post, and I apologize to anyone who I offended by being too specific.

I will post again on this thread, next time more considerately. [On second thought, I'd rather not give this thread a bump and maybe cause more people to see my first post.]