Re: Colors

[jack@domain.elided (Jack Hagerty)]

>From: JHertzman@domain.elided

>A week ago Jack Hagerty, picking up on my statement that as a red/green 
>colorblind I could still "tell the difference between Verde Inglese and Rosso 
>Italia" asked "Shouldn't that be Verde Inglese Corsa? :-)"

I'm glad you left the smiley on there.

>Fair question, but as far as I can tell Italian Racing Red is called Rosso 
>Italia, French Racing Blue is called Bleu Francia, and British Racing Green 
>is called Verde Inglese. From that one might perhaps infer that to the 
>Italian enthusiast's mindset "racing" is implicit, and our forms tautological.

The main reason I brought it up, other than just being a wise guy, is that
in the common usage that I hear it's usually "Italian Red" or "French Blue"
but when it comes to the English color, the word "Racing" is always inserted.
I can't vouch for the others in their native tounge.

- - Jack

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