BF2S Forums EE Chat - November

M.O.A.B wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

M.O.A.B wrote:

They had some royalty called Orange or somat I think.

Here we go, from what I gather, one of their Royalty was from the House of Orange. But this "Orange" had nothing to do with the Fruit/Colour, it was just the name of the region from way back for some reason. But then afterwards once the fruit/colour came around into those areas, people tied the two together cos of the similar names. So really, the Orange of Orange has nothing to do with the real House of Orange. It's just how shit turned out

The colour is named after the orange fruit, introduced to Europe via the Sanskrit word nāranja. Before this was introduced to the English-speaking world, the colour was referred to (in Old English) as geoluhread, which translates into Modern English as yellow-red.

Orange is the national colour of The Netherlands, because its royal family of Orange-Nassau used to own the principality of Orange (the title is still used for the Dutch heir apparent). There is no etymological connection between orange (the fruit and colour) and Orange (the name of the principality), and the similarity is fortuitous. (See the page on Orange (word) for more information.) In modern Dutch society however, the Dutch word oranje, 'orange' is often associated with the reigning royal house of the Netherlands. Oranjezonnetje ('Orange Sun') designates good weather on the Queen's birthday, April 30. Orange is the colour of choice for many of the national sports teams and their supporters. The nickname of the Dutch national football team is Oranje, the Dutch word for orange. Oranjegekte ('Orange Craze') signifies the inclination of many Dutchmen to dress up in orange colours during soccer matches. In the modern flag of the Netherlands, red substitutes the original orange, but on birthdays, the flag has an additional orange banner. Most geographical usages of the word orange can be traced back to Dutch maritime power in the 17th century.

Too much orange

Mekstizzle wrote:

menzo, that ironic icony guy was talking about how you suck (dick) and shit before, I was all like "whatever menzo does is his business, no need to hate on a guy for doing what he does" but he's like "but he sucks dick"

SamBo wrote:

guys is there a way i can set youtube to loop

justice wrote:

Soon the private tackers will be gone and we'll have no torrents, oh the noes!