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(...) *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.) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) If they don't get an accurate picture from the dictionary, that's the dictionary's fault. Verdigris isn't actually a hugely variable shade -- it's just that colors are hard to describe/define in words. Luckily, the definitions in the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Well, verdi=green, but gris actually = Greece. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) This is a joke, right?..:-) Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) You mean the GRAY GREEN ones?..:-))) Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) The man has a point, which is valid for grey as well. Maybe we should just call it grey-green or greenish grey? ++Lar (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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My dictionary says "[ME vertegrez, fr. OF vert de Grice, lit., green of Greece] (14c)" I assume for the bronze artworks. It predates Lego. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Picture a discussion that someone comes into. The color GREEN is never mentioned, just verdigris. So the person looks it up. Tell me how they are going to know whether the color being discussed is a muted greyish green, or a greenish-something, or a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Would you people CHILL OUT??? We go through this every year - to avoid repeating the past yet again... THE FIRST CATALOG DOES NOT HOLD THE ENTIRE LINE FOR THE YEAR!!! I don't think I've EVER seen the full Technic line listed until a few months into (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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Erik Olson wrote in message ... (...) discussion, I (...) splendid (...) from (...) That would be AMBERgris... Kevin (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Look at that big Ogel base set. Doesn't it just scream "Dr. Claw"? I'm talking about the original excellent Inspector Gadget animated series, not the recent Disney rubbish. Change that skull on the fortress to look more like the MAD cat logo, and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) This will become a FAQ anyway: what's verdigris? or, what do you call that pale doctor's office green color? will pop up regularly. I don't consider myself illiterate, but when we started the naming discussion, I immediately thought of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3A05C764.F18F44...faq.com... (...) age-darkened finish (...) etc. (...) it is a (...) "Verdigris" is pretty obvious in meaning, I think. You'd have to be (almost) illiterate not to make (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Me too. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) No. They aren't. LEGO is going down. ;( Where are trains ????? Where are CITY models like shops, post offices, police stations, hospitals, fire stations, airports... etc. ? Where are Model Teams or UCS sets ? Where are detailed Technic models (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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6774 Alpha Team ATV You get the funny minifig with the big mouth, the other minifig with the shoulder-length red hair, and the sub is kind of neat. 6776 Ogel Command Centre Interesting return to Pirates, Time Twisters, and Trans-red! 7126 Battle (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) OED2 says: 1. A green or greenish blue substance obtained artificially by the action of dilute acetic acid on thin plates of copper (or a green rust naturally forming on copper and brass), and much used as a pigment, in dyeing, the arts, and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Well, actually 7159 (the Pod Bucket) also comes with these Battle Droid Elements used for a different function. And nearly everyone will admit that the 'thing' (it's no minifig) I am talking about looks totally crap. A new use of an element is not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
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Webster is out of date - patina simply means a weathered and/or age-darkened finish to antiquers, and can apply to copper, bronze, nickel, wood, etc, etc, etc. Weathered GREEN would make the most sense, as people would instantly know it is a shade (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) verdigris, according to www.webster.com, can be greenish or bluish, and is only secondarily associated with copper. patina, again according to Webster, is exactly the name of greenish, weather-aged copper. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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