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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 namin
by 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 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...