On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:06:12 +0000 (UTC),
jdolan@math-cl-n01.math.ucr.edu (James Dolan) belched the alphabet and
kept on going with:

>in article <pan.2003.06.22.19.52.52.967088@sf.net>, ab  <dskxe@sf.net> wrote:
>
>|On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:25:41 -0700, Kernel Sandas wrote:
>|
>|> You are walking down the street and see a girl with a perfect body and
>|> beautiful hair just ahead of you. You think she must be very good
>|> looking and want to see her face. You think about hurrying on ahead and
>|> sneaking a look back, or somehow making her turn round so you can see
>|> her face. Anyway, somehow you manage to get a look at her face and it
>|> turns out to be very plain or downright ugly.
>|> 
>|> Someone once told me there was a word in Japanese for this situation. If
>|> anyone knows the word or an english equivalent, please let me know.
>|
>|(This is close to what you described.)
>|
>|Main Entry: jo?lie laide
>|Pronunciation: zho-lE-led
>|Usage: foreign term
>|Etymology: French
>|: good-looking ugly woman : woman who is attractive though not
>|conventionally pretty
>
>
>seems more like a direct antonym.  "she's pretty... no, wait, on
>second thought..." vs.  "she's ugly...no, wait, on second thought...".

Sounds plausible enough. I've met some pretty ugly women in my time.
Most of them were awful nice, though.




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