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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: is beautiful #151028 11/29/05 06:03 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta A similar phenomenon exists in Indonesia. Only the fairskinned will be described as "cantik" (beautiful). The best their darker sisters can hope for is "hitam manis" (literally, sweet and black, but used for anything from medium brown to jet black skin). Skin whiteners are also big business here. Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Black Friday Father Steve 11/26/05 05:39 AM Just ask Garfield, he'll tell you wofahulicodoc 11/26/05 01:36 PM Re: Just ask Garfield, he'll tell you TEd Remington 11/26/05 04:11 PM Re: a positive semantic rarity WhitmanO'Neill 11/26/05 11:09 PM Re: a positive semantic rarity sjmaxq 11/26/05 11:21 PM Humour Noir Father Steve 11/27/05 12:11 AM Re: Humour Noir Buffalo Shrdlu 11/27/05 12:18 AM Re: is beautiful maverick 11/27/05 12:25 AM Boston Blackie Father Steve 11/27/05 01:20 AM Re: is beautiful tsuwm 11/27/05 03:50 AM Re: is beautiful WhitmanO'Neill 11/29/05 12:46 AM Re: is beautiful maverick 11/29/05 12:56 AM Re: is beautiful sjmaxq 11/29/05 01:01 AM Re: is beautiful Bingley 11/29/05 06:03 AM Re: is beautiful maygodbwidu 11/29/05 10:21 AM Re: is beautiful Faldage 11/29/05 10:52 AM as black as ... Father Steve 11/29/05 01:42 PM Re: as black as ... maverick 11/29/05 11:12 PM Re: as black as ... Bingley 11/30/05 03:33 AM Re: as black as ... finfia 11/30/05 04:53 AM Re: as black as ... zmjezhd 11/30/05 07:57 PM Several more interesting translations Father Steve 11/30/05 05:43 AM Re: Several more interesting translations maygodbwidu 11/30/05 11:47 AM Re: Several more interesting translations WhitmanO'Neill 11/30/05 05:52 PM Re: Several more interesting translations sjmaxq 11/30/05 08:02 PM Re: Several more interesting translations WhitmanO'Neill 11/30/05 11:26 PM Re: Several more interesting translations Bingley 12/01/05 01:17 AM Re: Several more interesting translations sjmaxq 12/01/05 01:55 AM Re: Several more interesting translations Bingley 12/01/05 05:17 AM Re: Several more interesting translations sjmaxq 12/01/05 05:36 AM Re: Black Friday dalehileman 11/30/05 01:53 AM Re: Black Black Black Buffalo Shrdlu 11/30/05 01:59 AM Re: Color in the eye of the beholder wow 12/01/05 05:14 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,347 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 770 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,548 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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