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Well he might know it better as canola oil, which is the "rebranding" it received for precisely the same reason. So I'm not certain that's the intended point.

leephillips 6y ago
(1) A seed was rebranded as an oil? (2) Not really; the nomenclature and its history is more interesting than that. (3) The seed is still called rapeseed. (4) Why was that not the intended point?
- nkozyra 6y ago
  1) the corresponding oil - which (unlike the seed) is actually commonly used/referenced thing in English - was 2) it played a role [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-12-8901220621-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-12-890122...] 3) the sword is still called rapier 4) because it doesn't serve as a logical foil for aforementioned reasons. If anything it just shows a nice analogous response.
  - meheleventyone 6y ago
    Oh give over that article says nothing about it being named Canola because of the word rapeseed containing the word rape. The earlier assumption about the naming of Canola oil is just incorrect.
    - nkozyra 6y ago
      Well logically it makes sense, branding things with "rape," which is not a commonly known name is not . And there are other articles that support it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/canada-tisdale-slogan-land-of-rape-and-honey#:~:text=Now%20grown%20widely%20around%20the,existence%20for%20obvious%20marketing%20reasons https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/canada-tisdale.... There obviously could have been myriad reasons. Also, Aldi ran into a similar issue with rape: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/25/aldi-forced-to-change-name-of-rape-yellow-paint-after-complaints/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/25/aldi-forced-to-c...
thih9 6y ago
> canola oil, which is the "rebranding" it received for precisely the same reason Do you have a source? Wikipedia lists a different reason, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil: > The change in name serves to distinguish it from natural rapeseed oil, which has much higher erucic acid content.

leephillips 6y ago

(1) A seed was rebranded as an oil? (2) Not really; the nomenclature and its history is more interesting than that. (3) The seed is still called rapeseed. (4) Why was that not the intended point?

nkozyra 6y ago
1) the corresponding oil - which (unlike the seed) is actually commonly used/referenced thing in English - was 2) it played a role [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-12-8901220621-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-12-890122...] 3) the sword is still called rapier 4) because it doesn't serve as a logical foil for aforementioned reasons. If anything it just shows a nice analogous response.
- meheleventyone 6y ago
  Oh give over that article says nothing about it being named Canola because of the word rapeseed containing the word rape. The earlier assumption about the naming of Canola oil is just incorrect.
  - nkozyra 6y ago
    Well logically it makes sense, branding things with "rape," which is not a commonly known name is not . And there are other articles that support it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/canada-tisdale-slogan-land-of-rape-and-honey#:~:text=Now%20grown%20widely%20around%20the,existence%20for%20obvious%20marketing%20reasons https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/canada-tisdale.... There obviously could have been myriad reasons. Also, Aldi ran into a similar issue with rape: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/25/aldi-forced-to-change-name-of-rape-yellow-paint-after-complaints/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/03/25/aldi-forced-to-c...

thih9 6y ago

> canola oil, which is the "rebranding" it received for precisely the same reason Do you have a source? Wikipedia lists a different reason, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil: > The change in name serves to distinguish it from natural rapeseed oil, which has much higher erucic acid content.