# 2175 Thanks! :D Can't take my eyes off yours!

Possibly as a reference to a book.

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: cal·i·for·nia

Pronunciation: |kal|frny, -()n-, -n
Function: adjective
Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: from California, state in the western U.S., from Spanish, probably from the name of an island in the romance Las Sergas de Esplandian (1510), by García Ordóñez de Montalvo, 15th century Spanish writer

: of or from the state of California : of the kind or style prevalent in California : CALIFORNIAN <California weather>

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Actually, the spanish word "colorado" is used to mean "to have color" and is usually associated with things having a red hue to them (i.e. people who are red in the face from being agry or that are blushing).

Just to make sure I recalled that right, I grew up speaking spanish, I cross checked it at:
http://www.diccionarios.com/index.p...iccionario=dgle

(one of the better free sites for castillian spanish to english, french, or catalan).

EDIT:
However, the more I look the more it appears that the word, when looked up in the Spanish to English dictionaries, comes up as "red". So, there is something to the original statement. I am pretty certain that in normal conversation one would not refer to things that are red as "colorado/a".

#2179. Boy, you learn something new every day at Pixies. I wonder if at some point Lilith will award us degrees?

Come to think of it, didn't we have a thread one time dealing with degrees we'd like to have? Hmmmm. Gotta think about that.

#2180~The point value of the letter "k" in Scrabble is five.

#2181~There are three land miles in a league.

#2182~John Hancock passed the quill with the remark, "There, I guess King George can read that."

#2183~Pluto travels around the sun every 248 years.

#2184~Noah's Ark is thought to have landed on Mount Ararat.

#2185~Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years.

#2186 ... IAKG, if I ever play Trvial Pursuit ... will you be my partner? Please. :D

#2187 ... How about pretty please with sugar on top of it?

#2188 Some of the best Avatars are in this thread

#2189
Guess I should add mine then :p