"Cinthia A. Dunn-Izquierdo" wrote:
> Ya know, that's a great question! I'v been wondering about this sort of
> thing for a while, and not just about the spotted terms. There's DEH, Sooty
> Yellow, Sooty Fawn, Golden Fox and ALGERIAN FOX. Five names describing one
> color!!!!! And there are quite a few more like this.
>
> All these different names for the same color, uffdahh! A new person just
> starting to look on the web for gerbil info. can get mighty confused! I
> know, been there, done that.
>
> I would like to see an across the board, across the border consensus of one
> name per color, thank you! What do you think folks? I really would like to
> hear (read) what you have to say about this.
I understand all of the confusion but I have to say that there is no way to put
one
name per color. The gerbil people that I have encountered on this mailing list
come from different parts of the world. Our languages are different, so someone
from the UK could call a certain color by one name while someone in the US
would call it another. This is not just the case with gerbils but other things
as well.
I don't wish to offend anyone, but we all must remember that people are not
going
to conform to the way we would like things to be.
Just my thoughts on the matter,
Evon
"Pineywoods Gerbils"
