Re: OT: terms for people with different hair colours
| From: | ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 16:10 |
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Eric Christopherson wrote:
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>On Oct 20, 2008, at 12:43 AM, Gary Shannon wrote:
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>>Also (American English):
>[...]
>>red head - carrot top, copper top, ginger kid
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>How common are the variants of 'ginger' in American English? I had never
>heard them until South Park did an episode on ginger kids a few years ago,
>and since then I've noticed they're used fairly commonly in British comedy
>shows.
I've heard "ginger" used as a color of cats, never of people. I have a
sneaky feeling it might be a Britishism (pejorative?) for "Irish", but could
be wrong.
"Copper top" must be recent, and based on Duracell ads, no? I actually
haven't heard "carrot top" in years; seems to me it is/was used maiinly of
children, but then, I don't get around much anymore.......
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