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Discussion Groups / British English / April 2008What does "mirror blue" mean?
I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. I can't find it in any dictionary. Google gives 91.600 results when I search for "mirror blue" (most of them refers to an album by Richard Thompson from 1994). The song sounds: "The naked blue angel, who peers through the blinds, Disappears in the gloom of the mirror blue night." What is "the gloom of the mirror blue night"? I would appreciate any help. Jakob > I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. I > can't find it in any dictionary. Google gives 91.600 results when I search [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jakob Hi Jacob, I am from Denmark, too ;-) 'mirror blue' means in Danish 'spejlblå'. Venlig hilsen Birgitte >> I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. > I am from Denmark, too ;-) > 'mirror blue' means in Danish 'spejlblå'. Hi Birgitte You've translated "mirror" to the danish word "spejl" and "blue" to "blå". But I've never heard the word "spejlblå" in danish? Have you? I Can't find it in any danish dictionary, "Nudansk Ordbog" e.g. I should be happy to hear an english description of "mirror blue". Is it just a shiny, blue colour? Is it related to the blue sky? To the sea? Regards Jakob >>> I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Regards > Jakob Hi again, Jakob, I have not met the word 'mirror blue' before, but I regard it pure poetry. I would translate the text: "Den nøgne blå engel ... forsvinder i den dybe spejlblå nat." Kind regards Birgitte > I have not met the word 'mirror blue' before, > but I regard it pure poetry. > I would translate the text: > "Den nøgne blå engel ... forsvinder i den dybe spejlblå nat." Perhaps it could make some sence if one regard it as "pure poetry" ;) Thank you > I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. > I can't find it in any dictionary. Google gives 91.600 results when I > search for "mirror blue" (most of them refers to an album by Richard > Thompson from 1994). It's not a common English expression, and I don't know the song it's from; I'm not very fond of Thompson for the most part. But I suspect that he was experimenting with imagery and perhaps seeking inspiration from chemical or herbal sources. >> I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. >> I can't find it in any dictionary. Google gives 91.600 results when I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > It's not a common English expression, and I don't know the song it's > from; I think he may be alluding to the Tennyson poem _The Lady Of Shalott_. Which is the only reference to "mirror blue" I can think of.  SignatureAndy Leighton => andyl@azaal.plus.com "The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials" - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_ >>> I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a >>> song. I can't find it in any dictionary. Google gives 91.600 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I think he may be alluding to the Tennyson poem _The Lady Of Shalott_. > Which is the only reference to "mirror blue" I can think of. "The curse is come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott. :-) SignatureJohn Briggs >>> I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. >>> I can't find it in any dictionary. Google gives 91.600 results when I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I think he may be alluding to the Tennyson poem _The Lady Of Shalott_. > Which is the only reference to "mirror blue" I can think of. That was a good reference. I've read the poem, and it seems to make sense in the context of the song. Thank you very much. Jakob > It's not a common English expression, and I don't know the song it's from; > I'm not very fond of Thompson for the most part. But I suspect that he was > experimenting with imagery and perhaps seeking inspiration from chemical > or herbal sources. I have to say that I don't know Thompson, and that the song I refer to have nothing to do with him. I mentioned him because most of the results from Google was about his album "Mirror blue". But it helped me a lot to know that "mirror blue" is not a plain English expression. Thank you. Kind regards Jakob > I'm from Denmark and have heard the expression "mirror blue" in a song. I > can't find it in any dictionary. Google gives 91.600 results when I search [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > What is "the gloom of the mirror blue night"? Many mirrors are blue. Go and look. Adrian |
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