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Re: OT: terms for people with different hair colours

From:deinx nxtxr <deinx.nxtxr@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 14:25
> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Poxon
> > The name "A blue hair" refers to a woman of advanced age > with completely white hair.
> Still never heard of it! Is this American English? I'd just say "a
little
> old grey-haired lady" or something similar.
It's not a frequent usage, but the expression "little blue-haired old lady" is floating around out there. I'm still figuring out the use of "grey" though. There's white hair and the mixed "salt & pepper" hair that appears grey from a distance but as someone who turned "grey" very young I can say that I've never really had a grey hair, just white ones.