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   Jonathan de Boyne Pollard to All   
   Re: Americanisms in English   
   09 Aug 11 16:50:58   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, sci.physics   
   From: J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM   
      
   > That reminds me of the XKCD "Color Survey Results", including gender   
   > comparisons.   
   >   
   > http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/   
   >   
   > Note that in the actual results, men distinguish "salmon" in a range   
   > that women cover with "pink" or "hot pink".  One of the commenters  [said]   
   > that this is because of men who wear pink shirts but don't want to   
   > call them "pink".   
      
   They seem happy to call them "penis" or "baige", though.   
      
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