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Re: UNO & colors

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: UNO & colors
• Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 01:45:11 -0500 (EST)

In a message dated 97-03-03 13:59:02 EST, Jim LeMaster & David Noll write:

<< > Yeah, what's wrong with Klingons' eyes??  Don't they appreciate the
difference
 > in yellow, blue and green??
 >  >>

chaq qayHa'chu' tlhIngan ghotpu' mInDu'
There may not be anything wrong with a Klingon's eyes.

vagh ghu' neH ghov China*Hol tIQ
In ancient Chinese, there were only five colors.

latlhmey DelnISbe' chaH jay'
They simply did not need to express any others.

mu'mey pIm lo'bogh nuvpu' qIHDI' China* ghovpu' vaj ghu'meyvetlh DelmeH chaH
mu'mey 'ongta' je chaH
Now that they have encountered cultures using many other definitions of
colors, they have devised words for these colors, too.

Qapla'     taHjaj 'ej Sachjaj tlhIngan wo' tlhIngan Hol je
peHruS

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