Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 3:20 |
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 09:45:14PM -0500, Etak wrote:
> 14) Finally, what is your favourite colour?
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> Well, I _think_ my favourite colour is blue...but
> various eye doctors have assured me that I am
> colour-blind and only see shades of gray.
Er? The term "color-blindness" does not mean you only see shades of
grey; seeing no color at all is practically unheard of in humans.
A person who is color-blind - such as my mother-in-law (although it's very rare
in women) and brother-in-law - just cant distinguish certain sets of
colors. In their case, red and green - other things being equal - are
completely indistinguishable, with a cascade of implications for other
colors which include those as a component. Such red/green
color-blindness is by far the most common form, but there are others,
such as blue/yellow - which you obviously don't have. :)
-Mark
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