Is "rain striped hair" something you can say in english?

File: IMG_1935.jpg (14KB, 300x168px) Image search: [Google]

14KB, 300x168px

never heard it and don't know if it makes sense since english isn't my first language but i like it. it sounds cute

Striped or stripped? Neither is a recognised phrase but maybe it could work in context.

>>9077721
no that isn't really a common english phrase.

>>9077732
>>9077734
Any alternative suggestions?

rain soaked hair?

the verb that we would associate with that picture would be 'flick' or 'fling' but using a verb like that as an adjective is awkward in english.

'flinging her rain soaked hair' would be more natural.

'rain matted hair' maybe, but that doesn't necessarily describe the action you see in the picture.

>>9077843
'Soaked' would refer to the perfusion of water in the hair, 'matted' would refer to a lack of lustre.
I'm after the effect of how rain often makes hair clump together into tests.
Actually, can i say that?

"Rain soaked tests of hair"?
"Rain soaked hair tests"?
"Rain tested hair"?

I still kind of like 'striped' though. >>9077729
this anon gets it.

>>9078001
you are wrong. that's not the only definition of matted.

i'm not saying a i don't like 'rain striped hair' but it's just not a natural or common phrase in english.

I have never heard of that phrase but I think it sounds elegant and the sound of it does give an impression like your picture. I think you could pioneer it as a new meaning for what you're trying to describe.

File: 1844070_492x328.jpg (86KB, 492x328px) Image search: [Google]

86KB, 492x328px

is it cool to read clumsy english sometimes, /lit/?

>>9078034
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matted
>2: something made up of densely tangled or adhering filaments or strands especially of organic matter <an algal mat> <a mat of unkempt hair>

It appears you are right. Matted would work very well, according to this.

>>9078044
Well, i guess that is how language works.

>>9078058
Wat?

>>9077721
>something you can say in english?
I have some basic understanding of linguistics, and while there is socially correct language, correct language does not exist. Words change meaning, new words get introduced and so on and so on.

Gay used to mean happy, and there are many more such cases.

As a writer of fiction I wouldn't limit my creativity. Shakespeare alledgedly introduced new words into the English language. But can't remember whatever that is true (but other people did it anyway).

>>9078001
Sounds like a wet ballsack, anon.

>>9077721
Wet. Her hair is wet.

>>9078225
it still means happy, you moron

>>9079429
Arguably, it doesn't.

>>9077721
rain streaked is a common phrase in english, and hair also often is called streaked (rather than striped) when dyed. it could be that streak and stripe's close meanings and contexts caused a cognate to come forward where streaked would be the norm. i quite like it, more than rain-streaked hair which can seem cliche.

rainy hair

rain crenellated hair

>>9077721
Wet hair.

>>9080050
wet with what?

>>9080060
Hair.

>>9078001
mussed

>>9080039
nice

>>9080048
kek

streams of hair, crafted by the rain, a downpour of black, yellow, red, brown, stands fundamentally clinging by their sameness, drowning in it, and what escapes the clouds above

>>9081802
Repugnant.

>>9081822
why?

>>9081838
Because I wrote it. Also, I typed stands instead of strands. Should have just said faggots. works with the theme and doubles as an insult to people willing to tale it that way.

>>9079429
There are more words that changed meaning such as "nice"

>>9078225
he's looking for a collocation, not words. breaking collocations instantly outs you as a non-native speaker

>>9081938
Not neccesarily
Collocations must've changed at times as well, that is simply what language does: change
If he cares about being authentic he should listen to you but it is not how language works

*rain-lashed hair*

you're welcome

>>9081923
"added" meaning is not "changed" meaning

>>9082374
Who still uses nice to mean foolish or silly?

>>9082119
yes it is. i don't see how language change relates to what I said