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GORGEOUS
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aloga
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GORGEOUS
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I need your help, if possible native speakers, though anybdoy is welcome.
IS IS POSSIBLE TO USE GORGEOUS TO DESCRIBE A LANDSCAPE?
Thanks, dear colleagues. |
27 Apr 2010
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dennismychina
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It is possible but I wouldn�t use it to describe a landscape unless it involved a lot of colour eg a vineyard, an orchard, an autumn scene or something similar. You wouldn�t in fact be describing the landscape as such, more the colours involved. That�s my thought anyway. |
27 Apr 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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I agree with dennismychina, but it�s clear anyway that you only call a landscape GORGEOUS when it does have beautiful colours! One wouldn �t call any other kind of landscape gorgeous, would they?? I thought that �s a basic prerequisite, isn �t it? ;))
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27 Apr 2010
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Zora
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Ok, I am going to disagree a bit on this one... Many women, like me, who like to exaggerate at times, will say "Oh my, that is simply gorgeous!"... And I could be referring to colours, the sunset, a way something is shaded... or just something that I think is wonderful like a dilapidated barn in a field that is surrounded by flowers.
"Gorgeous" is an extreme adjective and therefore we often determine what is "gorgeous" in our minds or to us. 
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27 Apr 2010
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colibrita
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a "gorgeous" chocolate cake, comes to mind...oh and let �s not forget Mr.... George....Clooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It �s a very girly adjective.
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27 Apr 2010
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hello
You won �t believe me, I bet, but this is the truth. I remember quite well the fist time I saw this strange word; for me it has ever been a strange word and I rarely use it; the first time I was reading Tom Sawyer �s Adventures, he / the narrator ( not sure ) said: "it was a gorgeous day".
At that time, I was about, let �s us say 12 years old. I never looked up in the dictionary the words I didn �t know, I just guessed them, by the whole paragraph and I felt quite happy that I managed to understand the "whole". That time I decided I had to look up in the dictionary.
So, it was not a gorgeous landscape, but a gorgeous day and, I think, a gorgeous day deserves a gorgeous landscape.
just to wide the problem. 
hugs
linda
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27 Apr 2010
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libertybelle
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I agree with Linda and Linda!
But, if Mark Twain wrote it - then it �s ok with me!
On the other hand - I would most often say - It �s absolutely beautiful!
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27 Apr 2010
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aloga
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You are all so kind.
Thanks for your help.
Ana |
27 Apr 2010
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