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In English the color "Burgundy" (as in "the Redskins play in Burgundy and Gold") uses the english word for the french region Bourgogne. One of the best regions for wine.

In French the color burgundy is "Bordeaux", a word directly linked to a french wine region but an other one!

As i prefer Bourgogne compared to Bordeaux in wines, i'm happy the english language shares my wine tastes!

I was just wondering what is the name of that color in other languages... Do the spaniards say "Rioja" or "Burdeos", the Italian "Chianti"?!!

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So it's more of a non-english question. I don't know if many people on this board speak any other languages.

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Many here struggle with English...

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Hey NG, I see that you and T-Bone told ol' Hank to take a hike. :)

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yeah...it's about friggin' time...now maybe sometime in the next few years those stock options will be worth something.

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In English the color "Burgundy" (as in "the Redskins play in Burgundy and Gold") uses the english word for the french region Bourgogne. One of the best regions for wine.

In French the color burgundy is "Bordeaux", a word directly linked to a french wine region but an other one!

As i prefer Bourgogne compared to Bordeaux in wines, i'm happy the english language shares my wine tastes!

I was just wondering what is the name of that color in other languages... Do the spaniards say "Rioja" or "Burdeos", the Italian "Chianti"?!!

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no clue

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In English the color "Burgundy" (as in "the Redskins play in Burgundy and Gold") uses the english word for the french region Bourgogne. One of the best regions for wine.

In French the color burgundy is "Bordeaux", a word directly linked to a french wine region but an other one!

As i prefer Bourgogne compared to Bordeaux in wines, i'm happy the english language shares my wine tastes!

I was just wondering what is the name of that color in other languages... Do the spaniards say "Rioja" or "Burdeos", the Italian "Chianti"?!!

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That color is of the ooze of congealed, atmospherically oxygenated blood an hour or two after its spillage.

 

Many years ago, a popular shade of shoe color was "oxblood". Same thing.

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In English the color "Burgundy" (as in "the Redskins play in Burgundy and Gold") uses the english word for the french region Bourgogne. One of the best regions for wine.

In French the color burgundy is "Bordeaux", a word directly linked to a french wine region but an other one!

As i prefer Bourgogne compared to Bordeaux in wines, i'm happy the english language shares my wine tastes!

I was just wondering what is the name of that color in other languages... Do the spaniards say "Rioja" or "Burdeos", the Italian "Chianti"?!!

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Real men only know 5 colors. Possibly 15 if you count "dark" and "light" variations as seperate colors.

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Real men only know 5 colors.  Possibly 15 if you count "dark" and "light" variations as seperate colors.

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That's the other reason this post is amusing. You can actually expand the color palette quite a bit if you allow for "-ish." Purplish-Red, for example.

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That color is of the ooze of congealed, atmospherically oxygenated blood an hour or two after its spillage.

 

Many years ago, a popular shade of shoe color was "oxblood". Same thing.

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They've since changed that to "cordovan" or "mahogany". Apparently "oxblood" was too un-PC. :)

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