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The Color of Wisteria

September 16, 2006 – 3:58 pm

In 1993, Crayola held a “Name the Color Contest” in celebration of its 90th anniversary. Sixteen new colors were added and the winning name for the new shade of purple was wisteria. It is fairly common to name colors after their shades found in nature, and particularly after flowers. In a linguistics [...]

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One last post on homeschooling in Germany…at least for now

September 16, 2006 – 4:02 am

Sometimes I just don’t understand Germany. Some things make sense. The fact that homeschooling is illegal makes sense. The fact that there are an estimated 200 families homeschooling who are quite simply ignored by authorities makes sense. The difficulty the courts are having in cases such as with Andre and Frauke [...]