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Re: OFFTOPIC: Re: Sounds like...

From:Eric Christopherson <eric@...>
Date:Friday, November 20, 1998, 3:57
Mathias M. Lassailly wrote:
> As for colors, 8 is burgundy, 9 is black, > > 6 is yellow, 3 is green, 4 is orange, 1 is white, 7 is purple > > (obviously in no particular order!) Not sure about the others right > > now... > > > > and how would you pronounce these figures in your mother tongue ? does this not > influence your choice for colours ?
My native language is English. I don't think the names of the numbers have anything to do with the colors for me. The impressions seem to be more from the shape of the numerals themselves.