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

--- Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>
wrote:

> John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:
> > "Red" is the light radiated by a blackbody at
> > an absolute temperature
> Common explanation would rather be: something
> with the colour of fire, or (human) blood (see
> Wierzbicka).
None of which will be helpful to ETs that have no
colour vision.

As for fire and blood ... they's arguable!

Padraic.


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