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12-Oct-2004, 17:37
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Everyone knows eyelid;we have upper one and the lower one. Okay, here is my question. I am looking for a word that describes single-folded and double-folded eyelid. Let me draw you a picture to help you understand what I'm saying.
=.= double-folded eyelid
-,- single-folded eyelid
Is there any specific word for that? |
12-Oct-2004, 20:47
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Hmmm,
while there may well be a special medical term, I think that it is comonly refered to just the way that you used it: single-fold eyelids and double-fold eyelids. |
12-Oct-2004, 22:47
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13-Oct-2004, 01:36
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Originally Posted by tdol Hooded???? | I googled it and found the expressions single-fold eyelid and double-fold eyelid, as well as single eyelid and double eyelid.
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13-Oct-2004, 11:40
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Originally Posted by blacknomi Hi,
Everyone knows eyelid;we have upper one and the lower one. Okay, here is my question. I am looking for a word that describes single-folded and double-folded eyelid. Let me draw you a picture to help you understand what I'm saying.
=.= double-folded eyelid
-,- single-folded eyelid
Is there any specific word for that? | In addition,
The fold created in the double-eyelid surgery procedure is called a supratarsal fold. Read more...  |
13-Oct-2004, 15:23
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Your waving hands at the end of your reply looked queer! It is as if you were a beneficiary of 'eye work' and you are recruiting me to join you.
Oh well, I have to think about it! Mines are double alreay. =.= |
13-Oct-2004, 15:31
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Originally Posted by blacknomi Your waving hands at the end of your reply looked queer! It is as if you were a beneficiary of 'eye work' and you are recruiting me to join you.
Oh well, I have to think about it! Mines are double alreay. =.= |  In North American English "queer" means, gay, homosexual. 
When I live in Canada, I heard nothing about double-eyelid surgery. I never even knew it existed until that is I moved to Japan.  I saw a documentary on it a couple of months ago: Teenage girls in Taiwan were having the procedure done! :? It's not something I understand, but if it makes a person feel better about themselves, then there's no harm in it, I guess. That reminds me, have you heard about the tongue slicing going on in South Korea. Agh. |
13-Oct-2004, 16:26
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Casiopea, I have seen quite some people having their tongue pierced here at USA  .
I don't know how they eat. |
14-Oct-2004, 04:45
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Originally Posted by welldone Casiopea, I have seen quite some people having their tongue pierced here at USA .
I don't know how they eat. | What's going on in South Korea (i.e., tongue slicing) is mild in comparison to tongue piercing. :( |
14-Oct-2004, 07:23
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Are those pierced tongue guys called punks?
I heared about some South Korean sliced their tongues in order to speak English well, with shorter tongues. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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