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To: Jamestown1630

my understanding from the little I looked into it is that every language developed this differentiation between blue and green later in their development. I don’t have the references, just discussions with profs from the past. (80s-90s)


32 posted on 03/05/2016 6:58:51 PM PST by reed13k (w)
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To: reed13k

It’s interesting. At the time, all I could think was that the word ‘verde’ may have had connotations that just didn’t apply to eyes...

-JT


33 posted on 03/05/2016 7:12:41 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: reed13k

Another thought: if languages didn’t differentiate between blue and green until late, maybe it could be, after all, that we didn’t really perceive the difference until later in our evolution - or that people in certain areas didn’t.

-JT


34 posted on 03/05/2016 7:22:19 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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