I wrote:
> But truly black hair is pretty rare, actually. Usually it's just a very dark brown.
... and thereby betrayed my whitebread nature. Apparently black is
the most common color of hair on Earth, and it is in fact distinct
from the very dark "brown black" that I had assumed was the nature of
"black" hair worldwide. Thanks for the correction, Dana.
Dana also wrote:
> I've never heard ["bluehair"] used in any derogatory sense.
Whereas that's pretty much the only context in which I've heard it... :)
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>