Regardless of their sex, jumping spiders with stripes on their back actually had an increased chance of being attacked by the larger jumping spider species.
The spine is always striped; the legs are generally barred; and the shoulder-stripe, which is sometimes double and sometimes treble, is common; the side of the face, moreover, is sometimes striped.
She used six cans of potash, and where there had been soot and grease and streaked varnish and the ochre-colored paint dear to all the South, there were now soft pine boards, luminous with age.
So if you hear a foreign accent, remember that it's a unique hybrid, it's like a lion with stripes, something you can only get if you're brave enough to venture beyond the comfort of your mother tongue.