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Originally Posted by ThomCat

OK, OK so if they call an orange an orange, right, then why don't they call a banana a yellow? Just axin'.....

Because banana's turn from green to yello as they ripen. This in many South African tribal dialects is called the "ban-yah". The word was brought back by Spanish explorers to mainland Europe and then modified to fit the English tongue.

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