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Nut milks have been referred to as "milk" for nearly 1000 years in English and longer in Latin. I don't think Apicius was trying to sneakily confuse non-vegans
by adhesive_wombat 4y ago
Nut milks have been referred to as "milk" for nearly 1000 years in English and longer in Latin.
I don't think Apicius was trying to sneakily confuse non-vegans when he said "lacte nucis".
- CogitoCogito 4y agoThis is a very interesting point actually. Apple used to mean just any fruit in general as well. Deer used to just mean animal too. But I guess arguably the question of whether confusion is being intentionally sowed has more to do with the how the the commonly understood meaning of words today than their historical meanings. Maybe a better statistic is: how often to people buy vegan/meat products mistakenly when trying to but meat/vegan products. It's obviously not an easy statistic to gather, but it is probably a bit more tractable than focusing so much on language in particular. I've certainly made this mistake myself.