[lit-ideas] Re: The Goldfish That Was Red
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:31:08 -0700
> I hope you know, incidentally, that you have identified another 'misnomer'
> -- not 'blind goldfish', but 'goldfish' simpliciter. Why people keep using the
> expression is a tribute to the Romans, I suppose -- since their name for the
> animal (first found in the Sea of China) was: cyprinus auratus.
that's another thing about goldfish: they're not gold. they're either a
brilliant orange or
a bluish white.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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