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entombed in the shrine of zeroes and ones ([personal profile] rone) wrote2007-06-30 11:21 pm
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colorful surnames

In English, we have Black, White, Brown, and Green.  There are many people in Asia and of Asian descent with the surname Tan, but that's just a coincidence.  Vermeil is a bright shade of red in French, Purpura refers to a dye from a mollusc.  What other surnames am i missing?

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[personal profile] reddragdiva 2007-07-01 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm thinking of an old girlfriend. Her brother's surname was Hutchinson-Blue, I think he thought just "Blue" was silly.