The "homely" term cropped up here again, by a Brit. Yes, quite a different meaning.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086993/board/nest/60473147?ref_=tt_bd_4
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Blake4014 (Thu Dec 7 2006 15:05:54)
Last night I watched "The Bounty" (1984) with Anthony Hopkins & Mel Gibson (top billing).
The film has now been seriously down-rated, probably because of the latter's recent & frequent faux pas,
Pity. I liked him in the Mad Max series. Still haven't seen "The Passion of the Christ" or "Apocalypto".
He seemed to go off the rails around there.
Anyway ... I wanted to research the original story & one of the posters mentioned Bligh's book, which of course is out of print but I it found here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20337/20337-h/20337-h.htm
Gutenberg is a great resource - check it out.