Re: Amber

--- stlatos <stlatos@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen"
> <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

...

>
> > And why would anyone
> > choose to characterize amber as "golden resin"
> when they are
> > practically the same color?
>
> I wouldn't say all sap, pitch, or resin (whatever
> the original range
> of meanings) was golden. Even if the language
> somehow _only_ used
> *gi:tu to describe golden amber/resin, there is no
> rule against
> redundancy in language and such forms are common.

P. T. Barnum would agree that saps come in all colors.

Maple sap is kind of clear but boils down to brown.
Copal is black.
Sangre de dragón, surprise, is red.
Rubber is white sap.