LL-L: "Little words" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 05.OCT.1999 (07)

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From: Pat Reynolds [pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk]
Subject: Re: LL-L: "Little words" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 03.OCT.1999 (04)

>Re Pat's reference to the >>world-wide English usage ... "ultra-violet
>through infra-red"<<: the usage continuum seems to have a discontinuity in
>my vicinity because I don't recognise this.
>
>John Feather
>johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

The usage is "from X through Y to Z" (the colour of the iron changed
from black through red to white, as it was heated).  (No idea of this is
the correct colour sequence!)  Now, of course, I realise that you can't
say 'ultra-violet through infra-red', because there's nowhere beyond
infra-red to go to (I think - have you deduced yet that I am not good at
science!)

It's the OED's usage 5b (and now I know why I picked a colour term - the
last reference is about pottery glazes "ranging in colour from pale
blue, through green, to yellow, brown and red").

Bet wishes,

--
Pat Reynolds
pat at caerlas.demon.co.uk
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