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It's probably indoctrination. After all, what other orange foods do we eat? (except peppers, I guess)
by johnfn 17y ago
It's probably indoctrination. After all, what other orange foods do we eat? (except peppers, I guess)
- ruralprogrammer 17y agoWhat about oranges?
- jeromec 17y agolol that's so obvious I completely overlooked it. The first thing that came to my mind was pumpkins, which I don't like.
- joeyo 17y agoMy understanding is there was no word in English for the word orange before the fruit was widely introduced in Europe. In other words the fruit gave the name to the color, not vice versa. (Other orange colored things were usually called 'ginger' or 'red-yellow'.)
- jballanc 17y agoThe history of color words is a really interesting topic. For example, in Turkish the word for "brown" is kahverengi, which literally translates as "coffee-colored". Also, turquoise comes from the French word for Turkish, used to describe the color commonly used on Ottoman glassware.
- m_eiman 17y agoThe old Swedish word for orange is "fire yellow", but now everyone uses orange. Just a little FYI :)
- idlewords 17y agoOranges, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, squash, apricots, mango, peaches, papaya, pumpkin, and Kraft macaroni & cheese.
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- Willie_Dynamite 17y agoObviously, you're not a stoner.