does anyone know why an orange is orange? or why a circle is round?
2007-06-29 22:42:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
because that's how we named them, in order to use language to describe them.
2007-06-30 01:11:32 · answer #1 · answered by Words Of Wisdom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An orange is not orange to a Japanese,and a circle is not round to a Russian.
2007-06-30 07:18:32 · answer #2 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because orange is orange,and a circle is round.Thats just the way it is,see.
2007-06-30 06:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by Life goes on... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because oranges are round and if you look closely, circles are orange
2007-06-30 05:47:51 · answer #4 · answered by HoboJones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most oranges aren't that orange they are more yellow-green...they only look orange when you buy them at the store because they spray them with a dye...and a circle is round because a square is square...duh...
2007-06-30 05:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, biting tongue hard here and trying to be civil...
If there was one thing that was *always* the same colour then you can understand how the colour got named after that thing. Think about "violet" also while you're at it. And "peach". And "magnolia" etc etc.
Round is a description of something that is circular in nature. Or it can mean "generally nearby" like "there's a virus going round".
Perhaps your question would be better in Polls & Surveys where they enjoy silliness a bit more.
2007-06-30 05:50:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think oranges are black, and circles are square shaped, you're wrong dudess
2007-06-30 07:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because i am me and you are you.
2007-06-30 07:24:23 · answer #8 · answered by Abhinesh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For it is that same reason why you have lingerie that is black! =<)
2007-06-30 05:55:32 · answer #9 · answered by Sir Grandmaster Adler von Chase 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋