Baldfaced or Boldfaced?

[Sneakers]

I've noticed many on here using Baldfaced. I've always used Boldfaced, then saw Vrai use it too. So I did a quick lookup:

Bald-faced or bold-faced? This is one of those commonly flubbed phrases in which both versions sound a whole lot like one another. In fact, they're both correct; they just happen to have two slightly different meanings.

A bald-faced lie -- or barefaced, as it's often called in England -- means one that is undisguised and clearly untrue. A bold-faced lie, on the other hand, is one that is impudent or disrespectful [source: Grammarphobia]. Many lies would fall under both categories.

Not playing grammar police or anything, I was just curious. But it's also curious that Baldfaced has origins in New England. I'm from NY, but never said it that way, and don't really remember anyone else saying it.

 

[stgislander]

But it's also curious that Baldfaced has origins in New England. I'm from NY, but never said it that way, and don't really remember anyone else saying it.

Hmmm. I never considered New York as part of New England? Learn something new every day.

 

[SamSpade]

Strange - I usually say "BARE-faced lie". Meaning, not even TRYING to hide it.

 

[Sneakers]

Hmmm. I never considered New York as part of New England? Learn something new every day.

Long Island. Spent a lot of time in VT, NH, CT, so I associate eastern LI with New England. We were more like NE than NY.

 

[jazz lady]

Hmmm. I never considered New York as part of New England? Learn something new every day.

It's not. NE is comprised of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and is bordered by NY to the west.

New England - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Kyle]

Then theres the kind that President Barry told... The "Balled-Face Lie!"

 

[DaSDGuy]

When talking about lying dems (I know, that's redundant), try Buttfaced

 

[vraiblonde]

When talking about lying dems (I know, that's redundant), try Buttfaced

Ooh, I like that! Then I won't have to stop and think about whether bald or bold is correct.

 

[glhs837]

It's not. NE is comprised of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and is bordered by NY to the west.

New England - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Dingdingding. This is the only correct answer, with CT being marginal

 

[stgislander]

Dingdingding. This is the only correct answer, with CT being marginal

I was thinking the same about CT.

 

[lucky_bee]

Dingdingding. This is the only correct answer, with CT being marginal

I was thinking the same about CT.

don't let Fairfield County speak for the rest of the state, TYVM. The rest of the state might as well be absorbed into Mass or RI. And @Sneakers I'd stretch to include Eastern LI as a part of us too. That's where all the rich kids with boats go to day drink in the summer

 

[stgislander]

don't let Fairfield County speak for the rest of the state, TYVM. The rest of the state might as well be absorbed into Mass or RI. And @Sneakers I'd stretch to include Eastern LI as a part of us too. That's where all the rich kids with boats go to day drink in the summer

Ouch!

Hey, what do I know. I'm just a Mid-Atlantic Appalachia hill monkey.

 

[lucky_bee]

Ouch!

Hey, what do I know. I'm just a Mid-Atlantic Appalachia hill monkey.

I married a midwesterner and as we drove thru northern CT on our way to NH once, he thought we were somehow in Maine. It all looks the same

 

[Sneakers]

And @Sneakers I'd stretch to include Eastern LI as a part of us too. That's where all the rich kids with boats go to day drink in the summer

TY! And we still do, even tho we're not rich kids.... Greenport Harbor / Peconic River.

 

[Sneakers]

I married a midwesterner and as we drove thru northern CT on our way to NH once, he thought we were somehow in Maine. It all looks the same

I could drop someone off in Greenport or Marion, and you would not be able to tell the difference between those towns and any coastal town in Maine.

 

[lucky_bee]

I could drop someone off in Greenport or Marion, and you would not be able to tell the difference between those towns and any coastal town in Maine.

yea the whole coastline is basically just one little lobster roll shack right after the other. And once you're inland, the only difference is less people once you're past Mass. And probably more guns

 

[stgislander]

And once you're inland, the only difference is less people once you're past Mass. And probably more guns

Sounds like heaven.

 

[lucky_bee]

Sounds like heaven.

It really is. Just with harsher, longer winters. I couldn't deal with those.

 

[Gilligan]

Hey, what do I know. I'm just a Mid-Atlantic Appalachia hill monkey.

Troof.

 

[UglyBear]

Let me inject my crazy outsider logic here.

There are places in England (Ol' Blightey, Albion, etc), that are named York and Jersey.
Places that are called New (insert name of old place in England, like the above-mentioned York and Jersey) should logically be part of New England.
Yet they aren't, but places that are not named after Old England are part of the New England, like Maine or Rhode Island. This is highly illogical.

I know, convention and all that, but it defies all logical explanation.