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(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
by 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 ago1) 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 agoOh 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 agoWell 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...