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Re: Letf / Right, was Re: Count and mass nouns:Re:Red

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Monday, January 26, 2004, 0:26
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Philippe Caquant wrote:

> There are several colours for blood, but they are all > red.
Even that dried stuff that looks more black than red? How about the blue stuff I can see under my skin? or are the veins blue instead of the blood? --Tristan.
> There are several reds also. Colour is a > continuum. > > --- Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> wrote: > > --- "John L. Leland" <Lelandconlang@...> > > wrote: > > > > > In Rihana-ye, the common word for red is > > > bamali, which is in fact > > > human-blood-color > > > (literally man-water-color, where man-water is > > > the word for blood.) > > > > Which blood colour is this? Nice yummy arterial > > (vibrant and luscious red - if colour has depth, > > this red is deep), nasty venous (dark and thick, > > a sluggish colour), or dried (dark and flat, > > almost rusty)? > > > > Padraic. > > > > > ===== > Philippe Caquant > > "Le langage est source de malentendus." > (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ >
-- Tristan

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Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>