Re: Missing the sky

Muke Tever wrote:
>
>From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
> >>What *is* the sky, in concrete terms?
> >
> >The apparent dome above us. I'd argue it's a thing that just happens not
>to
> >exist. How does Rami treat things like mirages, horizons, rainbows and
>other
> >stuff that doesn't have any independent existence but nonetheless can be
> >seen?
>
>Well, mirages and rainbows can be seen clearly, though a horizon isn't
>(what
>color is it?).
If you take that attitude to horizons, Rami speakers are going to have a
real problem with borders of all kinds. What color is the lines between the
blue and white in the French flag, for instance?

Also, what do you do with thinks like the equator, the tropics and the
poles, or political borders, or midday/midnight?

>  But---
>
>From: Herman Miller <hmiller@...>
> > My first thought was "atmosphere". But then, that doesn't work on the
>moon.
> > (Doesn't the moon have a sky?) Since it's a visual feature, maybe an
> > artistic term like "background" would be a better metaphor. The sky, in
> > that view, would be the ultimate background.
>
>--it's possible that both "sky" and "horizon" could be covered by a word
>meaning roughly "distance".  Hmm.
Same word for "horizon" and "sky"? Weird enough to be interesting, at least
...

                                           Andreas

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