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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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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