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shona, that's as may be -- I meant to comment on the etymology only.
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re: a lovable middle-aged barmaid/landlady type rather than a slattern....Helen's description
have we met? I'm sorry, i don't remember you, love! come here, have a drink with me, and bit of a cuddle... you a fine looking lad, you are!
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Do you mean like Barbara Windsor in East Enders? :-)
- Pfranz
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haven't watched the East Ender's in eons are they still on? PBS used to broadcast the show here, but it was just a soap opera. i never developed the habit of daytime soaps. East Enders had some novelty in the beginning, but quickly was just an other soap, with funny accents.
which one was Barbara Windsor? the bar maid at the Vic? (the wife had dark hair, but the daughter was a blonde? Did she take over the running of the Vic?
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I meant to comment on the etymology onlyNo criticism intended, Nunc  The etymology appears to ascribe no "value" to the ruddiness either way, which is all well and good.
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like Barbara Windsor in East Enders?
Nah, Pfranz - she's just plain evil !
Not far off, actually. Check out of troy's definition near the top.
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Another view of blowsy (a bit out-of-season, but what the heck):
...........April by Ted Robinson
So here we are in April, in showy, blowy April,
In frowsy, blowsy April, the rowdy dowdy time
In soppy, sloppy April, in wheezy breezy April,
In ringing, stinging April, with a singing swinging rhyme.
The smiling sun of April on the violets is focal,
The sudden showers of April seek the dandelion out;
The tender airs of April make the local yokel vocal,
And he raises rustic ditties with a most melodious shout.
So here we are in April, in tipsy gypsy April,
In showery, flowery April, the twinkly, sprinkly days;
In tingly, jingly April, in highly wily April,
In mighty, flighty April with its highty-tighty ways!
The duck is fond of April, and the clucking chickabiddy
And other barnyard creatures have a try at caroling;
There's something in the air to turn a stiddy kiddy giddy,
And even I am forced to raise my croaking voice and sing.
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but maybe herr Pfranz thinks i am evil. (she says, smiling coyly, and looking innocent, when all the while...)
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Keiva: You were banned for starting a flame war and refusing to quit
You got re-instated by using the threat of a lawsuit, which Wordsmith
could not afford. Just for the sake of your oversized ego, you hurt a
lot of people. You are contemptible, and unwelcome here.
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she says, smiling coyly, and looking innocent, when all the while...Yeah, you can't trust these Irishwomen mein herr - crones may be goddesses, but blowsy barmaids may be something (whispers) entirely different...  CRAAAAICC! of Thunder Stage LeftBanshee wails Stage Right
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