English Word help

[borisvodofsky]

The unripe banana tastes ______

what word is commonly used. :hmm:

acerbic or astringent or bitter :\

I'm trying to find the right word to describe that taste,, it's supposedly "astringent" but i've never heard it used so,, that's why I asked.

 

[OCGuy]

:camera; of you eating said banana?

 

[rcpratt]

Stupidest sentence ever. Why would you eat a banana that's not ripe.

 

[grrl]

How about 'unripe'? An unripe banana doesn't taste bitter (nor is it astringent), it's just unripe.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

bland

 

[lxskllr]

They're a little astringent, but that's kind of a weird sentence. You should concentrate on the texture, Say it's too hard.

 

[borisvodofsky]

I'm trying to find the right word to describe that taste,, it's supposedly "astringent" but i've never heard it used so,, that's why I asked.

 

[Powermoloch]

dry and bitter.

 

[borisvodofsky]

:camera; of you eating said banana?

LOL,, photoshop is too dangerous

 

[lxskllr]

I'm trying to find the right word to describe that taste,, it's supposedly "astringent" but i've never heard it used so,, that's why I asked.

If something's astringent, it's making your pores feel like they're closing, or in your mouth, like it's sapping all the moisture.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

actually i don't think i've ever had an unripe banana. why are people eating unripe bananas? it already has a built in way for you to determine if it's ripe or not.

 

[borisvodofsky]

If something's astringent, it's making your pores feel like they're closing, or in your mouth, like it's sapping all the moisture.

Yea, that's literally what it will do,, same goes for many other unripe fruits,, Unripe Persimmons is another common one associated with this "feeling?"

 

[lxskllr]

actually i don't think i've ever had an unripe banana. why are people eating unripe bananas? it already has a built in way for you to determine if it's ripe or not.

Some people prefer them that way, and others misjudge, and buy them too green, and have to eat them early.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

The defining characteristic of an unripe banana isn't really taste (though it is kind of sour), it's texture.

 

[borisvodofsky]

The defining characteristic of an unripe banana isn't really taste (though it is kind of sour), it's texture.

is astringent a texture?:hmm:

 

[borisvodofsky]

Stupidest sentence ever. Why would you eat a banana that's not ripe.

Actually, your post read as is, you're calling your own second sentence the stupidest sentence ever. LOL

 

[lxskllr]

is astringent a texture?:hmm:

Nope. It's a sensation, like sour or bitter. I suppose it could be a verb too, but I'm not sure of the technicalities regarding that.

 

[Matthiasa]

They taste basically the same but yeah its a texture thing... which makes them bad.

 

[Alone]

I'm going to leave this thread immediately. I don't think I can tolerate comma's being used as ellipsis.

 

[borisvodofsky]

Nope. It's a sensation, like sour or bitter. I suppose it could be a verb too, but I'm not sure of the technicalities regarding that.

So.... usage slack inherent in the english language? :hmm:

 

[HAL9000]

Unripe bananas taste bad.

/Thread

 

[borisvodofsky]

I'm going to leave this thread immediately. I don't think I can tolerate comma's being used as ellipsis.

hahahahha,,,,,,,,, that's my thing.. ,,,, what,, of ,,

they stand for pauses,,, and rightly so,,

one comma is a short pause between sentence,,, multi-comma is multi-pause,,,, i'm not draging out the end of the sentence with an ellipsis

xxxxx....... xxx vs xxxx,,,,, xxxxx at the ,,,,, part i'm not saying anything it's just a pause,,,,

 

[Alone]

Are you actually retarded?

 

[Dumac]

Are you actually retarded?

I think he might be :|

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

is astringent a texture?

No. That's the point.

hahahahha,,,,,,,,, that's my thing.. ,,,, what,, of ,,

they stand for pauses,,, and rightly so,,

one comma is a short pause between sentence,,, multi-comma is multi-pause,,,, i'm not draging out the end of the sentence with an ellipsis

xxxxx....... xxx vs xxxx,,,,, xxxxx at the ,,,,, part i'm not saying anything it's just a pause,,,,

Just because ... stands for something does not mean .. stands for something similar, but 33% less. Also, just because , is related to . does not mean ,,, has the same relation to ... as , does to .

Hopefully you're not retarded. Otherwise this was a waste of a good 30 seconds of my life.