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   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 2018-03-19 16:02, Gordon Freeman wrote:   
   > "Michael F. Stemper"  wrote:   
   >> On 2018-02-14 21:21, Stan Brown wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:06:21 -0600, Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> The Rangers are described as being "darker than the Men of Bree".   
   >>>   
   >>> I think that refers to hair and eyes, not skin tone. It's dark as   
   >>> opposed to fair, not dark as opposed to white.   
   >>   
   >> Would you be willing to explain your reasoning? Is this just a case of   
   >> British English versus American English? Because I've never heard   
   >> anyone say "so-and-so is dark/fair/white" to mean "so-and-so has   
   >> dark/fair/ white hair".   
   >   
   > At least in the UK, the phrase "tall dark stranger" is usually taken to   
   > refer to hair colour not skin colour, though maybe that is changing due   
   > to the country becoming multicultural.   
      
   Interesting. Thanks for the info, which is exactly what I asked for.   
      
      
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