Re: New Language

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Garrett wrote:
> > Everything is relative.
> > Likewise, the concepts such as distance and time are relative.
>
> Not *everything* is relative.  A good example I read was if you showed a
> person who'd never seen an apple before a red apple, and asked him if it
> was red, he'd be able to answer without hesitation.  On the other hand,
> if you showed him an apple and asked him if it was large, he'd be unable
> to answer.
But colors *are* relative. Red to one person isn't necessarily red to
another. Also, languages have different ranges of colors (a language
might have a word for "red to orange" or for "red or pink", etc.)