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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread erythrophobia #160357 06/12/2006 7:09 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 PottedPlant stranger PottedPlant stranger Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Erythrophobia could mean "fear of the color red." Carl Sagan mentioned in a book he wrote that elevator buttons are often labeled green for UP and red for DOWN. He conjectured that this choice follows from our arboreal past that we spent swinging from branch to branch. Up was good. Up was where the leaves were. Leaves are green. Down was bad. Down was where the ground was. Down meant falling out of a tree and getting injured. Injury was associated with blood. Blood is red. Erythrophobia could mean "fear of blood" or "fear of injury." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: erythrophobia #160358 06/12/2006 2:17 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Scissortail stranger Scissortail stranger Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Erythrophobia reminds me of the Alfred Hitchcock film Marnie -- the heroine is afraid of the color red and one spends the whole movie to find out why. Like all Hitchcock films, it's highly suspenseful. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: erythrophobia #160359 06/13/2006 8:03 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC So I get to do a Marnie google to find out? TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: erythrophobia #160360 06/28/2006 11:15 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 jeleonard stranger jeleonard stranger Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 1 An erythrophobe would have a hard time living in Taiwan. In Taiwan, red is a good color. As an example, to congratulate a couple on their marriage, the appropriate gift is cash stuffed into a red envelope. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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