Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census

Quoting Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>:

> En réponse à Andreas Johansson :
>
>
> >We've got the most blond(e)s, so we get to define it!
>
> I disagree on that. Since you've got mostly blond(e)s, you lack the
> comparative knowledge that would allow you to define what "blond" means.
> The result is that you apply "blond" only for what is a subset of the
> correct "blond". We, on the other hand, have all the palette of hair
> colours you can imagine, and as such are better at defining them.
Said "most", not "mostly"! By any reasonable definition (ie, mine) blond(e)s
are a clear minority here, and while really dark hair colours used to be rare
up there, thanks to immigration in recent decades they aren't any longer.

                                                    Andreas

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