Re: CHAT: The Conlang Instinct

On 9 Dec, Ed Heil wrote:
>I've always thought three one was white, two black, three blue, four
>yellow, five red, six blue or purple, seven yellow, and so on.  Not
>all numbers have colors -- multi-digit numbers don't usually have any
>particular colors associated with them.  Note that these are
>associations between colors and *numerals*, not numbers.  I don't
>associate colors with groups of three objects, four objects, and so
>on.
>
    That's intriguing! Ed, do you speak another language(s)
well enough to count in it/them? If so, do these associations
hold when doing math in a non-native lang?
What about conlang(s)?

    Dan Sulani
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