If you are really old, you may recall the song A Whiter Shade of Pale, by the English rock band Procol Harum. And if you aren’t that old, you can listen to the song on YouTube. At one point the song offers this:
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p style=”padding-left: 30px;”>And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
If you’ve ever wondered what a “whiter shade of pale” might be, you can, again, thank the English for that, care of this on-line form from a British website:
The UK knows that the world is not just black, white, yellow, brown and red.Is it too much to hope that most people select “Not Known” or “Other White Background?”
