After exhaustively researching this for over three minutes, I have concluded that "bold-faced lie" is probably the original term, from which "bald-faced lie" is derived. While technically correct, or at least originally correct, I suspect walking around Brooklyn calling people "bold-faced liars" will engender hoots of derision.
There are a number of circumstaces in which writing or speaking correctly will do nothing but convince people that you are stupid (e.g. correctly pronouncing "forte" with one syllable, or correctly pronouncing the "h" in herb which really isn't supposed to be silent). This appears to be just another one.
After exhaustively researching this for over three minutes, I have concluded that "bold-faced lie" is probably the original term, from which "bald-faced lie" is derived. While technically correct, or at least originally correct, I suspect walking around Brooklyn calling people "bold-faced liars" will engender hoots of derision.
There are a number of circumstaces in which writing or speaking correctly will do nothing but convince people that you are stupid (e.g. correctly pronouncing "forte" with one syllable, or correctly pronouncing the "h" in herb which really isn't supposed to be silent). This appears to be just another one.
P.S. Sorry about my dangling participle above!
Posted by: BrooklynJon at April 16, 2007 1:18 AM in response to Open House Picks