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Now define Green for a person that does not have a Spectrometer. Roland00 Send a noteboard - 10/05/2019 08:50:44 PM

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And he is quite correct in how it is being misused in modern debates.

Now get off his loan before I let loose my non-existent dogs on you.


I think it's cute how Roland seems to feel the need to educate me.

That said, feel free to let slip the dogs. No need to cry havoc first.




Much of Language does not operate that way. We do not use a Spectrometer when we use the word green. And we had green prior to those scientific instruments. And green is an amorphous concept depicting a range of values.

No one calls a hot dog a taco. Yet with your logic we should.

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Get your ass the hell off of my goddam lawn. damookster - 09/05/2019 03:02:49 AM 911 Views
What is it with the obsession about that word? Legolas - 09/05/2019 06:35:49 PM 515 Views
I was involved in a particularly annoying Facebook discussion *NM* damookster - 09/05/2019 08:49:57 PM 228 Views
Ah. Sorry I missed it. Or possibly not that sorry, I've really seen too many debates about that. *NM* Legolas - 09/05/2019 09:03:31 PM 229 Views
It was a triggering word that was made a triggering word in the US context. Roland00 - 09/05/2019 11:42:27 PM 456 Views
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Release the hounds! aerocontrols - 10/05/2019 02:46:21 PM 412 Views
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Define the color Green. Roland00 - 10/05/2019 05:21:10 PM 445 Views
Wavelength: 495–570 nm; Frequency: ~575–525 THz The Shrike - 10/05/2019 08:44:56 PM 473 Views
Now define Green for a person that does not have a Spectrometer. Roland00 - 10/05/2019 08:50:44 PM 502 Views
Admit your defeat and move on. The Shrike - 10/05/2019 09:40:53 PM 459 Views
*NM* damookster - 12/05/2019 05:47:57 AM 210 Views
In what medium? jh - 12/05/2019 10:33:45 AM 527 Views
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Remember that God Dammed Dress? Roland00 - 12/05/2019 07:46:39 PM 445 Views
Yeah, I do. *NM* aerocontrols - 12/05/2019 10:41:29 PM 201 Views
Light propagates differently in different mediums, though... fionwe1987 - 12/05/2019 08:10:19 PM 754 Views
Do you think that's what Jonte meant? I don't. aerocontrols - 12/05/2019 10:54:40 PM 471 Views
Optical refraction is caused by different speeds of light in different media Floffe - 14/05/2019 02:15:19 PM 455 Views
Ok then. aerocontrols - 14/05/2019 02:33:48 PM 459 Views
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Sick your dogs onto me? Roland00 - 10/05/2019 04:24:00 PM 596 Views
Sic. Not sick. I will not have my dogs vomit on you. That's just nasty. *NM* The Shrike - 10/05/2019 06:48:24 PM 226 Views
I wasn't expecting such a prescriptivist approach from you. Legolas - 10/05/2019 10:06:08 PM 453 Views
We have a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism. The Shrike - 10/05/2019 02:17:36 PM 479 Views
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