I was wondering why we don't call carrots oranges seeing as we had the veg before the fruitThe internets tells me 'Before the late 15th century, the colour orange existed in Europe, but without the name; it was simply called yellow-red'
I think this is obvsly bollocks because we don't call carrots yellow-reds, shirley we'd have called the colour 'carrot'
jusayin
(I think this is obvsly bollocks because we don't call carrots yellow-reds, shirley we'd have called the colour 'carrot'
jusayin
hekim 66 ÉŹĘš ŹÉnā² uooW,
Sun 23 Nov 2014, 16:55,
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as carrots were originally purple, your argument is invalid Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Sun 23 Nov 2014, 17:03,
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Too clever Smash my brains borked"Carrots Used to Be Purple Before the 17th Century"
That's 200 years after oranges were introduced, even so we must've had a better name for orange than 'yellow-red'
(That's 200 years after oranges were introduced, even so we must've had a better name for orange than 'yellow-red'
hekim 66 ÉŹĘš ŹÉnā² uooW,
Sun 23 Nov 2014, 17:11,
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doubtfula great deal of our words were germanic and nobody has a clear idea even to this day where the word dog comes from
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Sun 23 Nov 2014, 17:15,
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Argh don't start on dogs now!I think I need a lie down :S
( hekim 66 ÉŹĘš ŹÉnā² uooW,
Sun 23 Nov 2014, 17:22,
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my brain is a massive repository for useless trivia, tat and utter shit.no idea how i know all this stuff, i just do :/
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet,
Sun 23 Nov 2014, 17:34,
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Hahaha argument over, a knockout punch.
FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector.,
Sun 23 Nov 2014, 18:18,
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