Gość: Karolina IP: *.spray.pl 30.09.08, 09:17 Hi Johnny, what does mean "onion girl" - it is metaphor?An idiom? ( I now what means onion and girl too:)) Thanks in advance, Karolina Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś czytaj wygodnie posty
jonathan.oakley Re: Onion girl 30.09.08, 13:18 Hi Karolina, The 'Onion Girl' is the title of a book by Charles de Lint that mixes fantasy and folklore.. www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/o/onion-girl.shtml.. Perhaps his book has an explanation of the title? I haven't read it but it sounds like a super read. I have never heard of 'Onion Girl' being used as a metaphor but I guess you could use it to describe a girl who crys easily?! Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: ania Re: Onion girl IP: *.is.net.pl 08.10.08, 12:58 "...This is the story of the Onion Girl, so called for she is made of layers, and every time you strip one away, another is revealed" www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_delint_oniongirl.html hope it helps ania Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: Karolina Re: Onion girl IP: *.eranet.pl 10.10.08, 17:56 me too!Thanks very much! Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: freak^-^ Re: Onion girl IP: *.bb.sky.com 08.11.08, 23:32 > I have never heard of 'Onion Girl' being used as a metaphor but I > guess you could use it to describe a girl who crys easily?! hmm... I'm not perfectly sure, but shouldn't you write 'cries' rather than 'crys'? ;) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
jonathan.oakley Re: Onion girl 09.11.08, 21:29 Well spotted. Have a look at this: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe Or rather... According to a researcher (sic) at Cambridge University, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: vera Re: Onion girl IP: 82.109.94.* 10.11.08, 13:23 clever:) but it could also mean that everyone who makes mistakes can easily say it doesn`t matter as long as they are being understood. and we are here to learn....so let`s try to write correctly:) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
Gość: freak^-^ Re: Onion girl IP: *.bb.sky.com 10.11.08, 18:41 Hi Jonny, it's well known text, but I think it's a different case ;) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
jonathan.oakley Re: Onion girl 10.11.08, 19:51 Yes, I know :-) Writers are notorious for poor spelling...check out this link for some fun: dissc.tees.ac.uk/Mistakes/Spelling/Test/word1.htm uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWIZHxolI0 Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś