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Old 07-13-2009, 03:57 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Charlatan View Post
I think the reason people are reacting to this the way they are might have something to do with judging people based on ineffable things like looks and attitude. We are toying with stereotypes and nobody likes to be judged against that.

That said, I can agree that a French person's mouth (man or a woman) has a different appearance (especially when in motion) due to the way their language develops the muscles in their face.
Must be an accumulation of all that "pursing" they do; I'm steadily learning the tongue and I notice the fair-to-good amount of "oo"s my mouth motions.
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