“Hey, what color is this rose?”

“Mmm, it looks like coral to me.”

“Coral! I like that!”

Without help, I suppose I would have just called it a pink rose or something. But thanks to Marian, it’s a coral rose. Would a rose by any other name look as pretty?

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