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minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoAnd this is the whole point of the controversy: The same word can have multiple meanings in different contexts and some people have trouble with that concept.
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThere’s no controversy, only differing categories. If you are saying tomato is a fruit, you are using the botany category When I say tomato is a vegetable, I am using the culinary category If there’s argument it’s only because someone is keeping the category secret
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days ago… that’s what I was saying.
And this is the whole point of the controversy: The same word can have multiple meanings in different contexts and some people have trouble with that concept.
There’s no controversy, only differing categories.
If you are saying tomato is a fruit, you are using the botany category
When I say tomato is a vegetable, I am using the culinary category
If there’s argument it’s only because someone is keeping the category secret
… that’s what I was saying.
Glad of it