# Attractive, slightly wall-eyed blonde women? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409 "2013-08-05T16:03:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/1 "2013-08-05T16:03:46Z")
Anyone ever notice this? [Heather Graham.](http://www.theplace2.ru/archive/heather_graham/img/607671.jpg) [Bridgette Bardot.](http://i.imgur.com/kEltilG.jpg) [Georgina Haig, from Fringe.](http://i2.listal.com/image/4431620/600full-georgina-haig.jpg) [Heidi Klum.](http://abcinema.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Heidi-Klum.jpg) What’s up with that, anyway? Being a stunningly attractive natural blonde, and having a touch of Marty Feldman, seem to go together somehow. Did their Scandinavian ancestors have to adapt to surveying both walls of a fjord at the same time, or what? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/2 "2013-08-05T16:06:56Z")
Really? Large eyes, either natural or enhanced with makeup are a photogenic feature, but those women don’t have huge bulging eyeballs. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/3 "2013-08-05T16:11:24Z")
I mean wall-eyed as in eyes seeming to point in different directions. Look at the picture of young Bridgette Bardot for the most obvious example – her left eye appears as if she’s looking directly in front of her, while her right eye gazes off somewhere to her right. The other three photos aren’t quite as obvious, but depending on the angle I’ve definitely seen Heather Graham and Georgina Haig with exactly the same look at times. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/4 "2013-08-05T16:18:15Z")
From what I understand, “wall-eyed” means that the eyes are misaligned, not that they’re large. Although perhaps having large eyes gives the impression that they diverge? Perhaps some eyes appear large because they diverge? If large eyes and wall-eyedness are strongly correlated, then actors, especially actresses whose looks were an integral part of their success, will tend to be large-eyed and be more likely to be wall-eyed. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/5 "2013-08-05T16:27:34Z")
Wall-eyed means having light-colored, nearly white eyes. It doesn’t have anything to do with alignment. [Cite.](http://www.onelook.com/?w=wall-eyed&ls=a) ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/6 "2013-08-05T16:32:11Z")
Except that [it does](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus). It’s the opposite of cross-eyed. That’s one of several sources cited in your link. The reason the eyes are white is because one is [off, staring at the wall.](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Wall-eyed?r=66) ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/7 "2013-08-05T16:35:16Z")
Many of those cites acknowledge “wall-eyed” as having a second commonly understood definition as "[strabismus in which the eye turns outward away from the nose](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walleyes?show=0&t=1375720419). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/8 "2013-08-05T16:36:13Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Wall-eyed means having light-colored, nearly white eyes. It doesn’t have anything to do with alignment. [Cite.](http://www.onelook.com/?w=wall-eyed&ls=a) You may want to try clicking on several of those links before making such a categorical statement. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/9 "2013-08-05T16:37:25Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Wall-eyed means having light-colored, nearly white eyes. It doesn’t have anything to do with alignment. [Cite.](http://www.onelook.com/?w=wall-eyed&ls=a) Did you notice that your link had a caveat below the definition? 😃 > [@](#): > > Quick definitions (wall-eyed) > > (a.) Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. > > **(This definition is from the 1913 Webster’s Dictionary and may be outdated.)** If you put walleyed into the same search you get the following definition: > [@](#): > > Quick definitions from WordNet (walleyed) > > ▸ adjective: having divergent strabismus ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/10 "2013-08-05T16:38:35Z")
Lesson learned. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/11 "2013-08-05T16:38:42Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/12 "2013-08-05T16:51:26Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Wall-eyed means having light-colored, nearly white eyes. It doesn’t have anything to do with alignment. [Cite.](http://www.onelook.com/?w=wall-eyed&ls=a) > [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](#): > > Except that [it does](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus). It’s the opposite of cross-eyed. That’s one of several sources cited in your link. The reason the eyes are white is because one is [off, staring at the wall.](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Wall-eyed?r=66) > [@Koxinga](#): > > Many of those cites acknowledge “wall-eyed” as having a second commonly understood definition as "[strabismus in which the eye turns outward away from the nose](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walleyes?show=0&t=1375720419). > [@ftg](#): > > You may want to try clicking on several of those links before making such a categorical statement. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Did you notice that your link had a caveat below the definition? 😃 > > If you put walleyed into the same search you get the following definition: Man, your (detail-specific, understandable) ignorance has been fought, beaten, pounded and curb stomped _into the fucking ground_. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/13 "2013-08-05T16:59:44Z")
[This came up first searching ‘wall eyed definition’](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/walleyed): > [@](#): > > wall·eyed (wôld) > adj. > > 1. Affected with exotropia. > > 2. a. Having large bulging eyes, as some fish. > b. Having eyes wide-open and glaring, as in anger. > > 3. Having an eye with a light-colored iris or white or opaque cornea. > > 4. Slang Intoxicated; drunk. I thought it meant large bulging eyes, apparently it has varying definitions. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/14 "2013-08-05T17:41:30Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [This came up first searching ‘wall eyed definition’](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/walleyed): > > I thought it meant large bulging eyes, apparently it has varying definitions. Yeah, [exotropia](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1241&bih=606&q=exotropia&oq=exotropia&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1404.2432.0.2558.9.8.0.1.1.0.169.830.2j6.8.0....0...1ac.1.23.img..3.6.444.-ZNWbFcHCRM). Back on the direct topic, I really only see it in Heidi Klum. My usual definition for wall-eyed is if I have trouble deciding which eye is looking at me. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/15 "2013-08-06T17:39:45Z")
Those women aren’t fish-shaped at all. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/16 "2013-08-06T18:56:26Z")
Amanda Seyfried’s got something going on with her eyes. Weird, but not in a bad way. > [@enomaj](#): > > Those women aren’t fish-shaped at all. No, I think it refers to women who give birth to 400,000 children, the vast majority of which get eaten before being born. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/17 "2013-08-06T22:15:46Z")
Those women have eyes? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/18 "2013-08-07T00:03:46Z")
If we’re talking about goofy-eyed women, can I mention [Emmanuel Vaugier?](http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1137490944/nm0891275) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/19 "2013-08-07T00:39:15Z")
What in the world are you talking about? Not a single one of those women has uncentered eyes. Bardot is just the photo angle. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409/20 "2013-08-07T00:39:40Z")
Many newscasters and speeching celebs look a little cross-eyed because they have one eye on their teleprompter and the other one sort of tries to look directly at the camera. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409.md?page=2)