...has led to the Dutch playing in 'orange' (which is a decent legacy, given the nice kit), but did William's 'orange' originally(!) have any relation to the colour?
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The name originated because the family originated as the rulers of Orange, a small principality in the South of France, before ultimately ending up as the hereditary Stadtholders of the Netherlands. However, they are responsible for all carrots being orange, as the root vegetable was originally purple, before the royals cultivated a variety in the colour as a tribute to their dynasty.
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Originally posted by Discordant Resonance View PostThe name originated because the family originated as the rulers of Orange, a small principality in the South of France, before ultimately ending up as the hereditary Stadtholders of the Netherlands. However, they are responsible for all carrots being orange, as the root vegetable was originally purple, before the royals cultivated a variety in the colour as a tribute to their dynasty.
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I hesitated, but I only read about it myself a couple of months ago (annoyingly but inevitably I can't find the link now), and found it really interesting.
Also I liked the mental image of the conversation I've described.
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"How are my oranges coming along?"
"Well, er, your Majesty, it does appear that, perhaps the fog and drizzle of the Frisian coastline isn't best suited for cultivating citrus fruits. But we have grown you THESE!"
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The crest of the city of Orange (in the Vacluse) is indicative of some unfamiliarity with the fruit
The name of the city itself appears to have nothing to do with the fruit, but is rather derived from the Latin Arausio via Aurengie and Aurenga. The modern Occitan is Aurenja.
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Originally posted by Tactical Genius View PostRipe Oranges in most part of the world are naturally green.
The US allows orange skin to be dyed to maintain cosmetic appeal, but I think bungling Brussels bureaucrats put a stop to that in these parts.
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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View Post"How are my oranges coming along?"
"Well, er, your Majesty, it does appear that, perhaps the fog and drizzle of the Frisian coastline isn't best suited for cultivating citrus fruits. But we have grown you THESE!"
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When I was at university and my best friend had a Colombian boyfriend, he had accompanied us on shopping trips to Sainsbury's several times before he realised that the uniform shaped and single-coloured red or orange or yellow or green peppers were actually real. They were so different from the multi-coloured, higgledy-piggledy-shaped peppers he was used to at home and looked so weird and unnatural to him that he had assumed they were some sort of plastic ornament that for some reason British people liked to buy often. Having later visited him in Bogota, I can confirm that the less "perfect" ones taste far superior.
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