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Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
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Date: 
Fri, 20 Oct 2000 17:53:04 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Doug Finney writes:

How could anyone not remember the name after this discussion? :-)

By not being a part of it.  The main reason that I think that verdigris is a
bad choice is that newcomers will have no idea what color that refers to.
Before this discussion, if someone had refered to a "verdigris brick", I
wouldn't know if they meant that it was dark green, brownish, light orange, or
red.

I think that colors need to be named so that you don't need to consult a
dictionary to know which is which.  I think Gray-Green, or Grey-Green for those
that spell it wrong, ;) is a good choice, followed by sea green, or any other
name containing GREEN.

The other problem with verdigris is that it is hard to spell.

Ben Roller

P.S.  I am suprised that lugnet.lego.direct was being posted to this far into a
conversation.



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  Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
 
(...) I don't think you are giving newcomers enough credit. Before Lugnet I had no clue what bardings or (as Eric McC. mentions) sprues were (I knew what a kepi was, but then, I have a fairly decent vocabulary), but it didn't take much time or (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: S@H exclusive minifigure has been shipped! (#3723)
 
(...) The "green brass" etymology I mentioned before can be found at (URL) n. [F. vert-de-gris, apparently from verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a corruption of LL. viride aeris (equivalent to L. aerugo), from L. viridis green + (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)

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