+232 we call blueberries 'blueberries' because they're blue. we call blackberries 'blackberries' because they're black. so why do we call strawberries 'strawberries'? amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because they're straw.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There is more than one popular red berry

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But there's no 'redberry'

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because then people would get confused.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

the pips make it look like it's covered in straw...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_strawberries_called_'strawberries'

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Because you touch yourself at night.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

These shnazzberries taste like shnazzberries!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Shnazzberries? Who's ever heard of a shnazzberry?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Except blackberries and blueberries are both purple.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

raspberries?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They make you make raspy noises.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l04dn8Msm-Y

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I thought it was because they were hollow in the middle...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They also aren't berries...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why do we call a bed a bed? Why do we call melons melons? Why do we call anything anything?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

it is because farmers used to put straw around the plants so the low growing berries wouldnt lay on the ground and get all gross

by Anonymous 12 years ago