Post #2154571
2026-02-14 10:30 UTC
For fear it ever gets taken down - I shall try and toot them with screenshots and alt text...
user satanpositive:
"Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue"
in-post credit at end - source: katelizabeth
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@shivers@mastodon.ie 2026-02-14 23:33
User: marzipanandminutiae "They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist. Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.” A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold. So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?" 3/6
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@agowa338@chaos.social 2026-02-14 13:10
@shivers That poem is older than the term for the colour purple. So yea violets once were blue because we didn't have a word for purple yet...