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Once asked a Dutch guy, how come you call "orange Juice", "Sinaasappel juice" (I mean funny really like "Sin-ass-apple" what has it got to do with apples?" he quickly came back: "Yeh what have Pineapples got to do with apples as well?" he had a good point there. [/QUOTE]Why is it called 'orange juice' in English, referring to the color instead of the fruit? An orange colored juice could be anything LOL.
But seriously, I have looked it up and 'Sinaasappel' was originally 'China's appel', because they were coming from China. Over the years 'China' degenerated to 'Sinaas', which sounds similar in Dutch.
However I don't know where the 'appel' part comes from. Maybe just because they have the shape of an apple?
