wears GROWS wears PUTS
― Will M., Thursday, 17 July 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, just like that classic song, "if you're going to San Francisco / be sure to PUT some flowers in your hair"
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Um that's not the same thing at all!
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Am I seriously going to have to get out a dictionary and/or copies of 19th-century literature to convince you guys this usage exists?
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
No, I'm just being a dick
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha so am I, kinda. (Jay-Z says "wears her hair in a twist!") It's totally archaic, but I really do like the use of "wear" for styling decisions, including hair growths -- wear your jeans tight, wear your hair long, wear side-whiskers, wear a beard
― nabisco, Thursday, 17 July 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
wear your heart on your sleeve, wear your fingers to the bone, wear a point into the ground, wear out a welcome
― rrrobyn, Friday, 18 July 2008 00:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i have just been french-english exchanging and in this talk often turns to discussions of the idiomatic and grammatically weird or archaic when trying to find correct translations - it is funny but also confusing because yeah maybe the wear a beard thing etc is right even if only nabisco and people in the 19thC use it
language so crazy
― rrrobyn, Friday, 18 July 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
ok but if she has already put her hair in a bun she is wearing her hair in a bun.
― Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 18 July 2008 05:36 (fifteen years ago) link