Re: Amber

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- 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.
>
> No, you would probably say pitch is black. So how
> does that get into
> the discussion? The relevant resins are 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.
>
> What on earth are you talking about?
>
> ...
>
> > Maple sap is kind of clear but boils down to
> brown.
> > Copal is black.
> > Sangre de dragón, surprise, is red.
> > Rubber is white sap.
>
> Birch resin and fir resin, which is what people on
> the Baltic would
> have seen trees sweating out, are amber colored.
>
>
> Torsten
>
>

Not too many birches or firs around here, so I
wouldn't know