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

There are several colours for blood, but they are all
red. 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)

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