lapislazuli@sopuli.xyzcake to Memes@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoEnglish discoverers be naming fruit likesopuli.xyzimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoBasically red. The names for orange and purple are pretty recent inventions, linguistically speaking. That’s why we call them red onions and red grapes when they’re purple and most “red” birds are actually orange.
Basically red. The names for orange and purple are pretty recent inventions, linguistically speaking. That’s why we call them red onions and red grapes when they’re purple and most “red” birds are actually orange.