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fuchsia sprezzatura?
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Named after the German botanist, Leonhard Fuchs (1501–1566) [A-H]. I like his name lion hard fox. Reminds me of a book on mathematical relationships in art by one Wilhelm Fucks (an Austrian variant of Fuchs) that I once checked out of the university library as a freshman.
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Dear IP: Surely you know the German word for "fox"!!!!
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<<I like his name lion hard fox>>
Maybe "lion hard fuchsia"?
It's just a tiny plot device and can be changed later. With that, this thread has officially satisfied it's original purpose. I hereby disown it and take no further responsibility for its behavior.
Will note, however, that both 'primrose' and 'sprezzura' may involve deceptions. And, for that matter, so may lipsticks. With that...
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And the female fox is called a vixen from an English dialect where f and v were interchanged. How about Minor Vauxhall (for a lipstick shade) while we're free associating. Aside, one of the few jobs open to linguists outside of academe is for companies that specialize in coining new names / trademarks. Also, working for many US departments of motor vehicles making sure that vanity plates are saying something naughty in some non-English language.
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making sure that vanity plates are saying something naughty in some non-English language
Certainly wouldn't want it any other way.
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I meant "aren't saying" but didn't type it that way. Sigh.
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>I meant aren'tActually, I thought the sentence as typed seemed nicely iilustrative of current US foreign policy.
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I thought the sentence as typed seemed nicely iilustrative of current US foreign policy.What? The free association? or the missing negative?
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Depending on the age of the character, how about Midlife Magenta? (Yeah, I know you take no responsability for anything that comes after, but I waz werkin while youz guyz were playin')
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