girl at large

i finally caught up with my hair girl at her new salon location for an appointment today and pointed out my most recent concern—gray hairs, quite alot around my temples—they've sprouted overnight it seems. she said no worries, they aren't spread all over and next visit a little touch of color should do the trick (though not all over, after years of dye-ing a rainbow of hues i'm now prefering au natural). curiously though, i noted that the word she used was 'blonde'….i listened closely to make certain i wasn't mistaken –but no, she referred to gray or white hairs as 'blonde' a number of times.
i had to ask. in my awkward french i inquired—"surely you mean GRAY hair, right?"
in a low tone of voice she replied: "No, no"–meaningful look—"Here it is BLONDE hair."