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#176892 - 05/12/08 02:06 PM Sideburns
Beth Beth stranger Registered: 05/12/08 Posts: 1	Please tell me I'm not the only one who found today's definition BEGGING THE QUESTION...so are they still sideburns when connected to a BEARDED chin? Or, should that read... what are they called if they are connected to a chin that is bearded??!! (Forgive me. It's Monday. And I really do want to know!)
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#176893 - 05/12/08 02:17 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: Beth]
tsuwm tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8652 Loc: this too shall pass	I really do think they're just considered to be part of a full beard, then. -joe (fully-bearded) friday
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#176898 - 05/12/08 06:34 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: Beth]
The Pook The Pook addict Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 584 Loc: Tasmania	Yes, they would then be called... a beard.
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#176902 - 05/12/08 07:07 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: Beth]
zmjezhd zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1617 Loc: R'lyeh	sideburns Are they not the corners of the beard? (link and link).
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#176905 - 05/12/08 11:09 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: zmjezhd]
tsuwm tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 8652 Loc: this too shall pass	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd sideburns Are they not the corners of the beard? (link and link). they are lots of different styles. link and link and especially link (these last are more specifically called mutton chops) Burnside's were also unique. _________________________ joe friday
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#176906 - 05/12/08 11:57 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: tsuwm]
morphememedley morphememedley journeyman Registered: 01/16/08 Posts: 94	The Wikipedia entry tells us that sideburns are ”grown on the sides of a man's face, in front of the ears”. So much for growing a pair behind the ears or across the nose or forehead; if I were to succeed in growing a pair of such “patches”, I'd need to come up with a name for them.
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#176911 - 05/13/08 02:19 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: zmjezhd]
BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1998 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd sideburns Are they not the corners of the beard? (link and link). Are these the ten commandments and a lot more? 5) They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. How strange. And this one: 27) Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. What would be the corners of the head? ( the chin, maybe? ) 14) Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. That this needed to be forbidden might mean that people used to do that? _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT)
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#176913 - 05/13/08 04:41 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: morphememedley]
twosleepy twosleepy enthusiast Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 287 Loc: western NY	Originally Posted By: morphememedley if I were to succeed in growing a pair of such “patches”, I'd need to come up with a name for them. If you were to succeed in growing such patches, you wouldn't need to come up with a name for them; other people would certainly do it for you! ;0)
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#176919 - 05/13/08 09:17 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: BranShea]
zmjezhd zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 1617 Loc: R'lyeh	Are these the ten commandments and a lot more? This is the book of Leviticus that folks of a certain persuasion are fond of quoting to support some of their kooky ideas on what is moral and what is not. For example, it is an abomination to mix linen and wool, as well as to eat either lobster thermidor or fettuccine alfredo or engage in certain sexual acts. Go figure.
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#176920 - 05/13/08 10:01 PM Re: Sideburns [Re: zmjezhd]
twosleepy twosleepy enthusiast Registered: 02/28/08 Posts: 287 Loc: western NY	Originally Posted By: zmjezhd ...as well as to eat either lobster thermidor or fettuccine alfredo or engage in certain sexual acts. Go figure. Wow! I had no idea those comestibles were of such ancient concoction...
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