Reminds me of the TV series Taxi, in which Christopher Lloyd asked a similar question. _If an orange is an orange, why isn’t a banana a yellow and an apple a red . . _ ? At which point his father, Victor Buono gave up all hope of ever understanding his errant son.
C over 1 year ago
Those are wine seeds
Algolei I over 1 year ago
The colour was named after the fruit, so how did he know it was orange if he didn’t know it was AN orange?
hangedman over 1 year ago
The French don’t have a word for ‘orange’. They call it ‘dark yellow’.
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
Some naming conventions only work once.
Gandalf over 1 year ago
‘Hey, can I have some of those purple berries….’
Skeptical Meg over 1 year ago
“Your purples aren’t ripe yet. They’re still green.”
Lynnjav over 1 year ago
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=orange
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
All the better to make Grape Jam with, my dear!
sandpiper over 1 year ago
Reminds me of the TV series Taxi, in which Christopher Lloyd asked a similar question. _If an orange is an orange, why isn’t a banana a yellow and an apple a red . . _ ? At which point his father, Victor Buono gave up all hope of ever understanding his errant son.
Dean Nelson Premium Member over 1 year ago
Orange hair is called Red because the word Orange didn’t exist.
oish over 1 year ago
Does the bunch of purples come with nurples?