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Re: OT: terms for people with different hair colours

From:Rebecca Bettencourt <beckiergb@...>
Date:Monday, October 20, 2008, 5:16
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Matthew Turnbull <ave.jor@...> wrote:
> OK, so English has, as I understand it the following > Red hair : a red-head > Brown hair : a brunette > Blond hair : a blond > Grey hair : a blue hair > Black hair : ???? (does English have a word for this) > > I also seem to notice that all of these words are distinctly female, you > would say a guy was red-headed, but not a red-head (most of the time). And I > can't imagine calling a guy a brunette.
I've heard guys called redheads. A blonde-haired female is called a blonde, but a blond-haired guy is called a blond. A brown-haired female is called a brunette, but a brown-haired guy is called a brunet. In all cases the feminine term is much more common. I wonder why that is. I too have always wondered if English has a word for someone with black hair. -- Hasta la pasta, Rebecca Bettencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ I tried the real world once; didn't really care for it. "I could counter with the fact that a disproportionate number of TG women I know are computer programmers. ::grin:: In fact, there's a joke going around that says exposure to computer screens causes transsexuality." -- Kate Bornstein

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