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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: blue laws #75225 07/09/02 04:55 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland for some reason blue paper was common in colonial days. Out of the blue, I should guess that this had to do with an ancient duplicating method (blueprint has the same root). The paper was chemically treated so that the original could be "photocopied" with sunlight, and the copy came out blue. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "white paper smlorenz 07/05/02 08:42 PM Re: "white paper wwh 07/05/02 09:15 PM Re: "white paper FishonaBike 07/05/02 09:55 PM Re: "white paper Capfka 07/06/02 12:36 AM Re: "white paper Wordwind 07/06/02 08:45 AM Re: "white paper Buffalo Shrdlu 07/06/02 09:01 AM Re: "white paper dodyskin 07/06/02 09:30 AM Re: "white paper Wordwind 07/06/02 10:20 AM Red Letters FishonaBike 07/07/02 08:14 PM Re: "white paper of troy 07/06/02 11:39 AM Re: blue paper Wordwind 07/06/02 12:23 PM Re: blue paper of troy 07/06/02 12:30 PM Re: blue paper Wordwind 07/06/02 06:35 PM Re: blue paper wwh 07/06/02 07:06 PM Re: blue paper of troy 07/06/02 08:57 PM Re: blue paper consuelo 07/06/02 09:06 PM Re: blue paper Wordwind 07/06/02 09:57 PM Re: blue paper consuelo 07/06/02 10:09 PM Re: blue paper Wordwind 07/06/02 10:17 PM Re: blue paper wow 07/07/02 03:30 PM Re: blue paper jmh 07/06/02 09:36 PM blue laws FishonaBike 07/07/02 08:21 PM Re: blue laws Wordwind 07/07/02 09:24 PM Re: blue laws of troy 07/08/02 04:05 PM Re: blue laws wsieber 07/09/02 04:55 AM Re: blue laws Wordwind 07/09/02 09:09 AM Re: blue laws of troy 07/09/02 12:14 PM Re: Heliophotocopying Wordwind 07/09/02 12:19 PM Re: Heliophotocopying of troy 07/09/02 05:19 PM Photosensitivity in nature TEd Remington 07/09/02 04:07 PM Re: "white paper inselpeter 07/07/02 01:51 PM Re: "white paper hev 07/07/02 11:00 PM white/blue paper & red letter days FishonaBike 07/08/02 08:56 AM Re: "white paper smlorenz 07/08/02 03:54 PM Red letter day Bobyoungbalt 07/09/02 03:26 AM we're very good at diverging TEd Remington 07/09/02 11:24 AM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,995 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,044 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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