oranges called oranges.... and bananas not called yellows?
2006-12-01 01:51:31 · 13 answers · asked by theincrediblewunian 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
by the way
the colour orange was named after the fruit 'orange'!
i dont know about bananas...i think this is because they are grown on a tree like that
2006-12-01 02:14:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because oranges are orange. And bananas are fingers. At least in Arabic which is where the word comes from. Vocabulary comes from infinite sources and is almost random so there is no logic behind it.
Why does a burglar alarm go off as it goes on?
A teacher taught but a preacher praught?
Fill in a form as you fill it out.
A house burns up as it burns down.
A Guinea Pig isn't a pig nor does it come from Guinea.
There are thousands of absurdities because of the randomness of how words are coined.
Does Guinea mean the country, a monetary value a region of latitude who knows? The Japs call some fish (can't remember which) a sea-chicken. Though it looks nothing like a chicken.
So the word orange probably comes from someone who had no imagination.
I'd have called it a homschnitwort.
2006-12-01 10:00:41 · answer #2 · answered by Paul E 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because oranges are the only orange fruit wheras a banana could be confused for a lemon if called a yellow!! ; ) x
2006-12-01 09:54:38 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of bananas being called yellows!
2006-12-01 10:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by Rosey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps for the same reason a lightbulb is called a light
2006-12-02 06:01:42 · answer #5 · answered by alexinscarborough 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If bananas are called yellow what will you call starfruits ;)
2006-12-01 10:00:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no idea,if u dont like the name,why not start a petition to the whole world to change it.
2006-12-01 09:59:35 · answer #7 · answered by forest lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what? the same reason grass isn't called green ( by name) or the sky blue!!! ridiculas. get back to work.
2006-12-01 10:02:36 · answer #8 · answered by martinsmithdunbar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
one of the great wonders in life
2006-12-01 09:53:27 · answer #9 · answered by chickenbutt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because english language is ludicrous
2006-12-01 09:56:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋