2008/10/17 Venantius Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > True. perhaps confined in her mind. > Tart is an unusal word to use, but I hear you. You second para lays it out > well. > I am very impressed that the Monseratte have such faith in their child.
RESPONSE: We have many nuances/meanings, those of us who have lived in the East Africa and then in the U.K...understand...from Chambers 21st Dict. tart1 adj (tarter, tartest) 1 sharp or sour in taste. 2 said of a remark, etc: brief and sarcastic; cutting. tartly adverb. tartness noun. [Anglo-Saxon teart rough.] tart2 noun 1 a pastry case, especially one without a top, with a sweet or savoury filling. 2 derog slang a prostitute or a promiscuous person. verb (tarted, tarting) (always tart someone or something up) slang to decorate or embellish them or it, especially in a showy or tasteless way. [19c in sense 2; 13c in sense 1: from French tarte.] -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
