Why is the fruit Orange and the color orange the same name?!
Why aren't lemons called yellow!?Or the color yellow called lemon!?It's a dumb question I'm sure but I was just wondering!
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It's easy to remember!. Imagine if orange's were called lemon's retarded cousins!. That would be offensive to some people!. I often wondered if chinese people called chinese food, chinese food, or do they call it just food!. Thanks for the nice question!. :DWww@FoodAQ@Com
From Wikipedia:
The colour is named after the orange fruit, introduced to Europe via the Sanskrit word nāranja!. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English as yellow-red!.
The first recorded use of orange as a colour name in English was in 1512, in the court of King Henry VIII!.
I guess someone decided "orange" was easier and simpler than "geoluhread"!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The colour is named after the orange fruit, introduced to Europe via the Sanskrit word nāranja!. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English as yellow-red!.
The first recorded use of orange as a colour name in English was in 1512, in the court of King Henry VIII!.
I guess someone decided "orange" was easier and simpler than "geoluhread"!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
They used to call them purples but then somebody said, "hey there orange!."Www@FoodAQ@Com
I don't know exactly, but I seem to recall it had something to do with the inner workings of a time piece -- a clockwork!. LOL
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It has to do with language, that's why!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
haha yeah i dont really understand that, thats pretty funny actually!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
that is the most entertaining question i have read all day!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
uhhh cause they made it that way!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I've always wondered this myself!. Maybe someone picked up and orange and called it an orange describing the colour but the person took it as the fruit!. lol!. probably notWww@FoodAQ@Com