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I went with a buzz cut (a/k/a crew cut) one summer long ago and have no intentions of ever going that route again (actually, the buzz cut was foisted on me by my take-no-prisoners mother and a willing barber). Sure, I didn't have to worry about combing my hair in the morning, which sort of went hand-in-hand with my youthful aversion to taking showers/baths. Sure, I looked like a rough-and-ready military man, just like my dad (in those days, a boy would ape his father's every move in the spirit of hero worship). But the look just wasn't me. You see, even at that early age I was of the "full head of hair" persuasion. Not that my hair has ever been messy or out-of-control; I've always combed it and parted it just so. It's just that I've long felt more secure with a bunch of hair up there (there is something to be said for top-heaviness). Given this mindset, I probably would not react well to the onset of baldness, eh?
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>is there a name for what i would call a standard (men's) hair cut? (Longer on top, parted at the sides.. closed trimmed around the ears and the nape of the neck?)
Short back and sides?
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>plait (more commonly used in UK than braid I think, pronounced plat)
Definitely "plat" where I come from, although my daughter seems to call them "pleats" which must be a variaton.
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my daughter seems to call them "pleats" which must be a variaton.
A Mondegreen ! Clever daughter is having you on!
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Jo! You're back!  Down South we say "plats," too.
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Helen, when you're as bald as I am, it's called a hair DON'T  (or do you all look like Fabio?!?!)Nah, Yul Brenner. And I'm sure you look exactly like Michelle Pfeiffer!
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Here, I usually hear it pronounced "plaats" - long, flat "a".
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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My son is just the opposite. He is very in tune with what's cool (for his age group). He wanted his hair cut to 16th of an inch all last year. But he was born with hair past his shoulders, I just couldn't stand the thought of him with no hair. I kept telling him the day after the last day of school. Then we moved before the last day, so it took him until midsummer to realize that he'd missed. Promptly had his head shaved. It grew in and he had that long on the top, short on the sides all school year. He just got his summer cut last week. It's 1/2 inch.
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and braids are some times called Plaits-- (and how is that pronounced?)
That is one of those words which I've read many times, but NEVER heard spoken. I guess it's not used in Canada.
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That reminds me of so many times I have read words, and when later.... heard them spoken...they were so different from my mind's voice.
BTW.... How do you copy and paste on here? I haven't figured that out yet....Any help?
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