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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

blue feelings

Why has the color blue been associated with negative feelings?
  

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BLUE: 1300, bleu, blwe, from Old French blo "pale, pallid, wan". That should give you a clue.

  • BLUE: 1300, bleu, blwe, from Old French blo "pale, pallid, wan".
  • That should give you a clue.
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BLUE: 1300, bleu, blwe, from Old French blo "pale, pallid, wan".

That should give you a clue.
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Mister MicawberBLUE: 1300, bleu, blwe, from Old French blo "pale, pallid, wan".That should give you a clue.
I can't criticize your logic. But, I remember the song from the 70's "Love is Blue..... now I'm without you". It was a sad ballad, translated from the original French song, which turns out to be happy, citing the blue in the skies and the blue of the l
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PhilipBut, I remember the song from the 70's
My favorite is "Don't Make my Brown Eyes Blue"
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The meaning (feeling) of colors is linked to a culture. Blue, in English, is sad. In French, it's happy. In Japanese theatre, blue is the color of the villain. In India (I think?), red or white are the colors for mourning, while black is more common in many western cultures. Although I believe I saw lots of white on a recently televised funeral in the US. I once saw a book that went into this
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I can't understand "Don't it make my..."!
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Slang (improper) of 'doesn't it'. Common in country or western music.
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Philipin country or western music.
What do you mean by that please?
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khoshtipWhat do you mean by that please?
Music and poetry often use regional dialects which do not adhere to the strict rules of grammar. It makes the lyrics more "authentic."
The incorrect third person singular verb form is a common pattern in American English regional speech (inner city, rural south and west).

Here's another one.
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I asked about the phrase "western music" that he said. Was what you explained the definition of it!?
PS: That music seems to be nice but I can't take all of its attractiveness I can't understand it well but "He don't like you" which is the matter of this case and is so sufficient.
Thanks.

In return I put some famous video music in my language which uses that method.
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khoshtipI asked about the phrase "western music" that he said.
There are two definitions of "western music."
1. Music of western civilization - Greek, Roman, European and their descendants.
2. Genre music from the American West from the mid-1800s to modern day.

Philip meant #2.

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