It emerged last week that mafia gangsters, corrupt politicians and a former one-eyed terrorist had made millions of euros
I’ve heard of cataract transplants but not eyeball ones. And I can imagine a one-eyed former terrorist, even a formerly one-eyed and now no-eyed terrorist but this does surprise me.
A bit like the american paratroopers who turned back in mid-air.
Well, I have a glass eye. And one uninjured eye. Before I had the glass eye, people saw a milky blob there and knew I was one-eyed.
Now, they think I have two eyes.
Am I formerly one-eyed then?
One eyed former terrorist? Technically, the language would be correct but imprecise (although I think there should be a hyphen in there.)
“A bit like the american paratroopers who turned back in mid-air.”
“Hey Bud, what was the name of that goddam Indian, again?”
I think technically “one-eyed terrorist” acts as a compound, so if you then became a “one-eyed electrician” or “one-eyed hairdresser” you would indeed be a former one-eyed terrorist.
Saw similar in Yank rag article about Ferguson riots. A “die-in” protest was planned and the organizers only wanted ‘people of color’ so asked ‘non-people of color’ to stay away.
Perhaps he has no eyes now. Wouldn’t be a very good terrorist, hence now a former terrorist.
If he had simply recovered the use of both eyes, wouldn’t you say “formerly one-eyed terrorist”?
Just celebrate the absence of “formally”.
That’s desperately slow on my part – I’ve just noticed the title of the thread!
In terms of emotional perspective aren’t all terrorists one-eyed?