IN OTHER NEWS…

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

IN OTHER NEWS…

have hated the color chartreuse for eons because the name is confusing as an ESLer. for some reason i expect a blue, like in a map. one of my sons has the same problem ―he thinks of it as a purple. i guess blues and purples are the colors of charts/maps?

this is the perfect example of a very specific cultural reference: it’s named after the yellowish-green liqueur made by the monks of Chartreuse.

their story is wild & should be turned into a tv series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartreuse_%28liqueur%29

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@blogdiva

At the very minimum, it should be made into a drunk history episode

[stephaniepixie@fandom.garden]

@blogdiva Kinda related: it’s amusing to me that monks are so well known for their alcohol-making in various cultures 😄

[jwz@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva It is wild that sometimes my bar simply can't stock it because the monks decided to take a break.

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@jwz TBH that’s absolutely boss 😆

[aud@fire.asta.lgbt]

@blogdiva@mastodon.social ... I also always thought it was purple. Where... why did I also think this??

Never would have guessed "yellowish-green".

EDIT: (English is my first language! Supposedly...)

[binford2k@hachyderm.io]

@jwz @blogdiva I gave up and just use Génépy Le Chamois.

[auxonic@ottawa.place]

@aud @blogdiva in my mind it’s always red… even though I know and enjoy the green drink it’s based on. Really we should just strike chartreuse as a colour

[steggy@sunny.garden]

@blogdiva I had no idea that was the origin of Chartreuse. Very interesting!

[clew@ecoevo.social]

another set of inexplicable color names are the industrial era colors named after battles — I think magenta is the only one that’s still common but there is just no connection between the color and any other meanings of the word.

@blogdiva