Talk:Forehead

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I moved the following pronunciation note to Wiktionary, where I believe it is more appropriate:

Pronunciation note
Despite the fact that the word forehead looks as if it were composed by fore and head, its traditional pronunciation is /ˈfɒɹɪd/ (FORrid, rhymes with horrid), even if the more logical pronunciation /ˈfɔː(ɹ)hɛd/ is becoming more common.

I severely doubt 'forrid' was ever anything but cockney pronunciation.

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[edit] Cockney Pronunciation?!?

Cockney pronunciation? You obviously know absolutely nothing about the English Langauge. Perhaps you ought to consider investing in an English Dictionary before you come online to edit other peoples' serious work on subjects they are proficient in. Speaking of proficiency, 'severely doubt' is incorrect English - the adverb you are looking for is 'seriously'; 'seriously doubt' is more sound. Look up severe in a dictionary - it doesn't make sense as you've used it.

Dude, chill out, he was just making a simple joke on the Cockney tendency to exclude the 'h' at the beginning of a syllable. How making such a comment-which at least shows some familiarity with a Cockney accent, and therefore a variety of English accents-indicates he knows nothing of English seems nothing more than the overreaction of a self-righteous and pompous know-it-all who, in fact, doesn't. Also, 'severly doubt' is correct. It might be a bit of the ol' slang, but it still makes sense. Are you not a native English speaker, per chance? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.28.33.173 (talk) 02:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] It might not be Cockney, but it's still later

The evidence does suggest that the pronunciation rhyming with "horrid" is in fact later (not to mention less logical) than "fore-head." Early spellings of forehead include "for~heafod" from Ælfic (ca. 1000). We also have "for-hed" (late 14th c.), "forr-head" (17th c.), not to mention from the early 14th century: "In mie foreheuede iwrite mi name {th}u schalt iseo." Etc. (Check OED for these and more.)

I don't see any attestation of a spelling that would give a rhyme with horrid before the 15th c. and nothing clearly indicating that before the 16th. If you have a clear example, please cite it.

I think the pronunciation note should be changed.

By the way: When lambasting others for a lack of knowledge of the English language, it is best to avoid misspellings (e.g., "English Langauge"). 130.54.104.138 03:46, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Profane material removed

There has been a vandal writing racial remarks with poor rules of English. It's a pity, and I've immediately removed the sensitive material that is non-relevant to this topic. If vandalized again, it would be advisable for this topic be locked. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.202.72.170 (talk) 05:41, 4 May 2007 (UTC).

The user User talk:64.73.51.98 was kind enough to put the text "His Forehead look likes Trevon." into the "Anantomy" section. I have reverted the article to the previous version. --Xetrov 20:34, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Patrick Stewart image

So, uh... why Patrick Stewart? Can't we get an image of some unidentified average person's forehead? It just seems odd to have a picture of Patrick Stewart to illustrate a forehead. -kotra (talk) 23:52, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

No, no. The Patrick Stewart image is quite sound. Don't dare change it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.7.111.30 (talk) 22:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you have any particular reasons? -kotra (talk) 22:32, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
It made me laugh, and that's what Wikipedia is all about! 86.144.102.106 (talk) 22:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Flat Forehead

I'm looking for anything on wikipedia referencing or talking about a practice called "flat-foreheading". I've heard that it's been done all over the world, but I know it's was done with the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Any help would be great, thanks! OldManRivers (talk) 21:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)