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minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·4 hours agowhy do we call green grapes white
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-24 hours agoOr purple grapes red? (I’m guessing due to the type of wine they make)
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 hours agoDon’t even get me started on ‘white’ people.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoGrapes don’t make wine, silly. They’re inert.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours ago“the balls grapes are inert”
minus-squareanewfox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agowhen i say “red grapes,” i’m always referring to the ones that are actually red because they have the most satisfying snap when you eat them.
minus-squarehanke@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 hours agoWho calls green grapes white…? Never heard that happen
minus-squareanewfox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 hours agotwo examples: white wine, white grape juice. both are very common. seems to refer to the juice color, not the color of the grape skins. when they’re made into raisins, they’re called golden raisins. so “white” isn’t even the only one.
minus-squarezikzak025@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down5·edit-22 hours agoMight be different in other languages, but English usually divides grapes into red and white for color.
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·41 minutes agoWhich part of the world are you from? I’m in Canada, and we call them green grapes and red grapes https://www.safeway.com/shop/aisles/fruits-vegetables/fresh-fruits/grapes.html?sort=&page=1&loc=3132 Meanwhile Wikipedia notes ‘“Black” (dark blue) and “white” (light green) table grapes’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape
minus-squareGlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·49 minutes agoIn English, grapes are green or red. Wine is not a grape. White wine and red wine refers to the color of the wine. Nobody calls vodka golden because it came from a potato.
minus-squarephar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·44 minutes agoThat’s only because the wine is whitish. Nobody calls the grapes themselves white. And she squeeze the juice out the juice isn’t the same color as the skin. I’ve never heard anyone refer a grapes as white grapes
minus-squareHumanOnEarth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·53 minutes agoPink balls We’re talking about grapes?
why do we call green grapes white
Or purple grapes red?
(I’m guessing due to the type of wine they make)
Don’t even get me started on ‘white’ people.
Grapes don’t make wine, silly. They’re inert.
Source?!
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ballsgrapes are inert”when i say “red grapes,” i’m always referring to the ones that are actually red because they have the most satisfying snap when you eat them.
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Who calls green grapes white…?
Never heard that happen
two examples: white wine, white grape juice. both are very common. seems to refer to the juice color, not the color of the grape skins.
when they’re made into raisins, they’re called golden raisins. so “white” isn’t even the only one.
Might be different in other languages, but English usually divides grapes into red and white for color.
Which part of the world are you from? I’m in Canada, and we call them green grapes and red grapes
https://www.safeway.com/shop/aisles/fruits-vegetables/fresh-fruits/grapes.html?sort=&page=1&loc=3132
Meanwhile Wikipedia notes ‘“Black” (dark blue) and “white” (light green) table grapes’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape
In English, grapes are green or red.
Wine is not a grape. White wine and red wine refers to the color of the wine. Nobody calls vodka golden because it came from a potato.
The fuck it does
White Wine
That’s only because the wine is whitish. Nobody calls the grapes themselves white. And she squeeze the juice out the juice isn’t the same color as the skin. I’ve never heard anyone refer a grapes as white grapes
Pink balls
We’re talking about grapes?