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In Russia, color-blindness is referred to as Daltonism, and I figured Francis must have been the one to be the source of that (given this topic), but apparently
by pavel_lishin 1y ago
In Russia, color-blindness is referred to as Daltonism, and I figured Francis must have been the one to be the source of that (given this topic), but apparently it was John Dalton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton
- jdadj 1y agoI haven’t heard of Galtonism. From my experience as the colorblind child of native Russian speakers, it’s Daltonism (дальтони́зм). https://en.openrussian.org/en/colour-blind https://en.openrussian.org/en/colour-blind
- pavel_lishin 1y agoGood lord, I had both of their wiki pages open, and STILL somehow D and G were the same letter in my mind. I should just delete my comment, but let it stand as a monument to my goof.
- at_last 1y agoshrugged
- khazhoux 1y agoWe all doof from time to time
- bqmjjx0kac 1y agoHe gone doofed.
- CommieBobDole 1y agoPerhaps you suffer from D-G letterblindness.
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- tomjakubowski 1y agoIt would be totally understandable for someone who reads handwritten Russian to confuse D and g in their mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_(Cyrillic)#Form https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_(Cyrillic)#Form
- pavel_lishin 1y agoOh man, I don't think I've written cursive Russian in something like a decade. I honestly have no idea how Russian historians parse old documents; old hand-written English is hard enough, but cursive Russian is a whole other thing. My last name just looks like a child drawing a wavy ocean!
- olalonde 1y agoQuite a lot of languages use daltonism actually: French (daltonisme), Spanish (daltonismo), Italian (daltonismo), Portuguese (daltonismo), Catalan (daltonisme), Romanian (daltonism), Polish (daltonizm), Russian (дальтонизм), Greek (δαλτωνισμός), and Turkish (daltonizm).