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minus-squareMelobol@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·12 hours agoIt’s English. There are sane languages who knows to call them lilac-onion, lilac-cabbage. Tho your yellow ones… They get to be called red - because it is a good deep dark orange dye if you boil the outer layers. (For example for Easter Eggs).
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoIn Dutch they are called “rode ui” literally red onion. It’s not just English. In Japanese and Hindi they are also called red onions.
minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoeven in finnish it’s “punasipuli” (red onion)
minus-square0li0li@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoFTR, it’s also called red in French.
It’s English. There are sane languages who knows to call them lilac-onion, lilac-cabbage. Tho your yellow ones… They get to be called red - because it is a good deep dark orange dye if you boil the outer layers. (For example for Easter Eggs).
In Dutch they are called “rode ui” literally red onion. It’s not just English. In Japanese and Hindi they are also called red onions.
even in finnish it’s “punasipuli” (red onion)
FTR, it’s also called red in French.