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Friday, 22 February 2019
quote [ Botanically speaking, it’s still clear: eggplants, tomatoes, bell peppers, and squash are all fruits. It’s equally clear that mushrooms and truffles are fungi, more closely related to humans than they are to plants. But these are all, also, in common usage, “vegetables.” ]
The bits on linguistics in this article are quite interesting. (Or rather, they are fascinating if I don't want to sound like a snob...)
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Hugh E. said @ 12:31am GMT on 23rd Feb
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Vegetables are like race: There's really no such thing; it's healthiest to have a bunch of different ones together; and a lot of right-wingers don't like most of them.
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snowfox said @ 12:27am GMT on 24th Feb
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"Ted Cruz wrapped bacon around the barrel of a gun to cook it, ostensibly to upset liberals."
I thought he was just trying to look cool and manly. What he needed to do was grow a beard. It really is an improvement. I would also have accepted a balaclava. Anything that hides half his face. |
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C18H27NO3 said @ 12:07am GMT on 24th Feb
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The headline is probably enough to make composerNate's head to explode.
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rezties said @ 10:13pm GMT on 22nd Feb
I haven't clicked the link, but is this one of those things where because there are some Venn diagram overlaps then everything is madness, mass hysteria, dogs and cats sleeping together?
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JWWargo said @ 10:30pm GMT on 22nd Feb
Sort of. It starts off with the semantics angle, but delves into the history of the word and how classism played a part, as well as some perspective from the biology side.
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JWWargo said @ 5:42am GMT on 23rd Feb
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moriati said @ 8:09am GMT on 23rd Feb
That was an interesting read, I carrot thank you enough for this post.
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