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Subject:	Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001
Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:07:06 GMT
Reply-To:	mattdm@AVOIDSPAMmattdm.org
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote: > The man has a point, which is valid for grey as well. Maybe we should just > call it grey-green or greenish grey? *shrug* I don't see any grey in it at all. Plus, verdi means green -- verdigris literally comes from the phrase "green of Greece". (And both dictionaries I looked in said so.) -- Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/ Boston University Linux ---> http://linux.bu.edu/

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		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
(...) But this Grece story is debatable, despite being reported in common dictionaries. (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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		Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
(...) The man has a point, which is valid for grey as well. Maybe we should just call it grey-green or greenish grey? ++Lar (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)

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