[lit-ideas] Re: "GRUE" (Was W. "Glas" (Was: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:59:27 +0100
Thank you, JL.
(But the Welsh 'grue' remains...)
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Subject: [lit-ideas] "GRUE" (Was W. "Glas" (Was: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Thanks to Judy for the tip. I think 'grue' is a philosophical piece of
lexicon, though
>English-speaking anthropologists affectionately squish “green” and “blue”
together to call >
>Welsh an example of a “grue” language.
writes the source provided by Judy. But it was Nelson Goodman, a Harvard
philosopher, who coined 'grue' -- not yet in the OED, unfortunately, it seems.
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