According to Japanese Traffic Lights, Bleen Means Go

Re:According to Japanese Traffic Lights, Bleen Means Go by wutbrodo on Friday September 15, 2017 @11:19AM (#15257847)

I don't think the blue horse thing is an example of this, as it also exists in English to some degree.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brabanter.jpg

This horse is considered a "blue roan".

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Re:According to Japanese Traffic Lights, Bleen Means Go by fenomas on Friday September 15, 2017 @09:54PM (#15262351)

> I don't think the blue horse thing is an example of this

An example of what? Japanese "ao" referring to white or black horses is a direct holdover from ao's vague early usage, but that doesn't mean it's unique to Japanese.

I'd imagine the "blue roan" thing is due to "blue" having earlier meanings of gray or lead-colored, but a quick google didn't turn up any explanations about the horse specifically.

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