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Ma niece est blonde. My niece is blond-haired.
The answer says not blond-haired , but fair-haired ! Why blond-haired is not correct?
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"My niece is blonde" or blond-haired should be a completely acceptable answer. Though "blonde" can mean fair-haired, it can also very well mean blond-haired.
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'Blond-haired' actually sounds a little odd, because the only other thing that ever gets called blond in English is beer. It is close to being a pleonasm.
As iVixey says, 'my niece is blond' is fine (blonde also OK). I am not sure that it should be marked as incorrect, but for your purposes, just use 'my niece is blond'.
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It seems unnecessarily verbose, but it should be accepted. When it comes up again, report it.
I'm not sure why you'd bother with either - surely the natural answer is 'My niece is blonde.'
slightly unrelated, but Blonde means girlfriend in canadian french, regardless of hair color :)
