Why Yellow ?

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 20 Nov 99 - 09:13 PM

Most of our email addresses are available from one of the links in the Mudcat resources at the top of the main forum page. And names actually do mean something here on the Mudcat--they mean real people.

--seed (Notice my thread name is followed by my real name)

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From:
Date: 20 Nov 99 - 10:23 PM

Without the e-mail attached to the posting nothing is accomplished. What's to prevent anyone else from signing on as BSeed(Charles Katz).

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From:
Date: 20 Nov 99 - 10:34 PM

What is reality to one
.......................is a phantasomorphism to another

dependent upon the astro-sphere
...................................... one
............................................ elects
..................................................... to
.......................................................RIDE.

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: BSeed(CharlesKratz)
Date: 20 Nov 99 - 10:40 PM

Point Well Taken!

_gargoyle

neither subtle nor anonymous

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From:
Date: 20 Nov 99 - 10:53 PM

I'm even using my girl friend's computer, (different return e-mail) and she's never looked at the Mudcat Forum. I could now use any name or none and who could trace it?

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: bseed(charleskratz)
Date: 20 Nov 99 - 11:10 PM

You're posting as me again, huh, Garg? Most of us here respect the right of others to the exclusive use of their own names. Some of us lack that respect.

--seed

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: wildlone
Date: 21 Nov 99 - 07:22 AM

Not wishing to break in on this discusion with the nameless one
Colours had a lot of significance with how and where they were worn.
I have come across green and yellow together as being the devils colours[Randall my son,etc].
But i can't think where I read it.

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: wildlone
Date: 21 Nov 99 - 07:33 AM

I asked me Mother about the "Royal Albion" she seems to remember it as a dock in Liverpool.

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 21 Nov 99 - 01:03 PM

Green and yellow are seen as poison - what colour was them eels, Randall my boy?? Green and Yellow.....

LTS

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: wildlone
Date: 21 Nov 99 - 05:20 PM

Mother who has studied Tudor history say's that Mary Queen of Scots often wore green and yellow together.
Goose turd green and gold.
Green and Yellow together are unlucky.
in the version I have got "them eels they were snakes,Randall my son.

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: Melodeon
Date: 21 Nov 99 - 05:44 PM

Reading through all the contributions it strikes me that with the possible exception of the yellow flowers all the uses of the word yellow signify something that is "not very nice" and to be avoded ie plague, disease or generally socially unacceptable in the cases of prostitution etc.. There is also of course the cowardly use of the colour. I wonder why the colour Yellow in particular has been singled out for this usage. Could it be that unlike red/green/blue in colour blindness it is less likely to be confused with another colour so is more readily identifiable and therefore by association its meaning less likely to be misunderstood. Melodeon

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Nov 99 - 06:12 AM

possible exception of yellow flowers? I repeat: the best selling climbing rose in UK is a yellow repeat flowering variety called 'Golden Showers', definately not very nice

(unless you like that sort of thing..... euoo!)

(incidentally, I have one in my garden, it goes nicely with the bleeding hearts, bloody cranesbill and bastard service tree, all of which, I guarantee are real plant names.)

LTS

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: Penny S.
Date: 22 Nov 99 - 07:18 AM

Possibly a good many of the elderly ladies who garden have no idea there is anything iffy about the name at all.

Penny

Subject: RE: Why Yellow ?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 Nov 99 - 09:09 AM

But those of us who do have a damn good laugh about it!!!

Just imagine, when granny looks up lovingly at her house and says things like 'oh look at my golden showers, isn't it big this year!! Oddly enough, my mother understood the significance, but my father didn't, and as I know they never went out with anyone else, I'm a bit suspicious about some of the company my mother's been keeping recently......

LTS