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Originally Posted by Vicky.
Yeah..I dont quite get it when people say 'oh I saw a black guy on a bus today and...' or something.
However I understand using colour as a descriptive term. I wouldnt think twice of pointing someone out in a crowd for example using their colour..no matter what colour they were. To me it makes much more sense than being all 'the guy with the dark hair. The guy in the jeans...with the red top on...who just scratched his nose...' about it  |
Exactly this. If I'm looking for friends in a crowd "I'll meet you by the really tall guy with the curly black hair and the green jacket on" - I'm not going to try and find another way to describe him if that's what makes him stand out. I wouldn't say "the Chinese looking one" if I was lost in Tiananmen Square looking for a friend, to put it the other way round.