Re: Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
Hotbuns200@aol.com
Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:00:39 -0400 (EDT)
No, it isn't a common expression. Salinger finds it clever (although I find=20
it laborious and pretentious) to come up with a title and then later change=20
the words around to make it sound more interesting or provocative. PRETTY=20
MOUTH AND GREEN MY EYES was obviously MY PRETTY MOUTH AND GREEN EYES and THE=20
HEART OF A BROKEN STORY was obviously THE STORY OF A BROKEN HEART.
- Adam
In a message dated 9/22/1999 6:39:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20
the_laughing_man@hotmail.com writes:
<< Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
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Excuse my poor knowledge of English expressions, but is Pretty Mouth and=20
Green My Eyes a saying of some sort? I=92ve just looked at it as the stand=20
alone title, not as stand alone expression. The reason I ask is that P J=20
Harvey is singing that phrase in on of her songs.
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This is one of the many irritating aspects of not having English as your=20
first language. The most irritating aspect of them all is of course that my=20
chances of becoming rich on my writings is close to zero, since only like 1=
5=20
million read Swedish in the entire world. And I don=92t exactly see myself =
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the next Conrad.
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I am, however,
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TLM
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