Re: OT: terms for people with different hair colours

It's American, yes.  Probably of a certain vintage...

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Michael Poxon <mike@...> wrote:
> Still never heard of it! Is this American English? I'd just say "a little
> old grey-haired lady" or something similar.
> Incidentally, to return to conlangs: Omina has a word "lambasu" meaning
> literally 'youngbeard' which specifically refers to certain humans that the
> Auleri have had contact with. It was used to describe people who were 'old
> before their time, joyless' since Auleri men begin to age rapidly only
> towards the end of their lives, and did not grow beards until those times in
> their lives.
> Mike
>>
>> The name "A blue hair" refers to a woman of advanced age with completely
>> white hair.
>>
>


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