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Hey Guys:
This may see like a dumb question and i'd never think i'd ask it but...I was playing pool tonight and my friend said my hair is shoulder length. I don't think it is. He said it is because it is touching my shoulders. It's just the very top of my shoulders the hair is barely touching. I thought shoulder length is when the hair completely covers the shoulder blades? Am I right or wrong. Thanks.
--Carlos
I don't know how others define it, but I'd say if it's touching...it's "shoulder length." I mean, that's where your shoulders are! :-) Congrats! Next comes "below shoulder blades" then "mid back" in my book. :-)
Hi. As a lady with hair about 3 inches above my waist and havin long hair all my life I can tell you that shoulder length hair is when your touches your shoulders, not when it is past your shoulder.
You're thinking of that magical point at which, to society, you become a longhair. We don't have a single word to describe that length. I've usually referred to it as "hair falling upon the shoulders", implying that your hair is not merely touching your shoulders but is in significant interaction with them. People probably notice this point as a milestone because now you not only have hair upon your head, but also upon part of your body.
I'd agree, though, with your friend that if your hair is touching your shoulders it is shoulder length.
Talking about how long our hair is is always somewhat confusing. If we use inches or centimeters, we have to decide which one, and from just where we'll take the measurement. By the time we're done, we've used way more words than we wanted to, to just describe how long our hair is. Therefore, what longhairs have done is come up with a few common benchmarks we work off of. These cover the range in which most longhairs have their hair:
Shoulder length: Just touching the shoulders.Falling all over the shoulders: This is a term that, despite its benchmark status, we actually seldom use. I put it here so it's in its place among the others. Because we seldom use it but it is important, is probably why you and your friend had the confusion.Shoulder blade length: To the bottom of the shoulder blades.Mid-back length: Half way between the shoulders and the belt. Sometimes men will refer to this same length with a reference to their nips, since mid-back hair reaches that area if it is in front.Waist length: It reaches your belt.
>ones, and this system gives ludicrous results at shorter lengths - a >man with a buzzcut is told he has foot-long hair.
Could someone enlighten me on how a buzz cut is a foot long?
On what planet is this measurement taken?
If you have a buzz cut and you measure starting at your hairline right above your forehead, going then over your head, and then down the back of your head to where your hair stops in the back, you will get about a foot.