Why is a lemon not called a yellow?

Why is a lemon not called a yellow?

Why is a carrot not called an orange?
Lyn.
Why am i not called Linda?(ps)

why is a kangaroo called a kangaroo... it's translation from Aboriginal
is "I don't know", supposedly because the settlers asked an Aboriginal
& he didn't know....

Is this answer really a reply to the question ?

Why is a pear called a pear when there is only one of them?

Originally posted by misslead
Why is a lemon not called a yellow?

Because you are Lynn!

Harri
a.k.a. Luck
🙄😲😀🙂

Originally posted by UncleAdam
why do you park in a driveway and drive in a parkway?

why do the Brits spell it "colour" and the yanks spell it "color"?
ala 🙂
an ex pat from London recently plugged back into the American Matrix...

Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word?

Originally posted by Chrismo
Why isn't it spelt phonetically?

why do we say, when we send something by car, it's a shipment, but when we send it by ship, it's cargo?
why is there braille on drive-up atms?
what is the speed of _dark_?
does it ever scare you that what a doctor does is called "practice"?
is it a coincidence that "therapist" can be divided as "the rapist"?
if we have pawn shops, why don't we have queen, bishop, or rook shops?
(or, why can you buy a whole chess set in a pawn shop?)

i think that's enough for now.