Waarom noemen ze roodharigen "Ginger"?

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Op zondag 3 april 2011 16:09 schreef LeeHarveyOswald het volgende:

Iemand die blond is noemen we ook niet tomaat, of wel?

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Ginger is pretty much just a nickname for redheads. If someone calls you "ginger", it means you have any kind of red hair (usually shocking red or red-auburn), a pale complexion and freckles, usually acquainted by brown eyes.
They're not necessarily saying you have ginger-colored hair, but that your hair color and complexion combined add up to being "ginger".

This is ginger:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/376095
The color could best be described as "red-auburn". Many people with "red hair" actually have hair this color. Crushed and ground powder is, yes, yellow, but most people think of the root, and therefore associate red/orange/red-auburn with ginger.

Red-heads in Australia are called blue, you know. It's because vegetable with a orange or yellow color (squash, pumpkin, etc) are called "blue vegetables". So even if a person's hair isn't the exact same color as a pumpkin or a squash, they're still given the name of a pumpkin or a squash.

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Red-heads in Australia are called blue, you know.

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Op zondag 3 april 2011 16:09 schreef LeeHarveyOswald het volgende:
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Gember is geel, niet rood. Dus vanwaar de benaming 'ginger' voor een roodharige?

Iemand die blond is noemen we ook niet tomaat, of wel?