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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   How the rise of veganism may tenderise fictional language   
      
   By Shareena Z. Hamzah   
   Postdoctoral Researcher, Swansea University   
   The Conversation, theconversation.com   
   November 22, 2018   
      
   Excerpts:   
      
   It is not surprising that food metaphors, often meat-based,   
   infuse our daily speech. There is invariably a   
   gastronomically themed way of expressing almost any   
   situation. Having money troubles? Then your goose is cooked   
   if you don't bring home the bacon.   
      
   [...]   
      
   The increased awareness of vegan issues will filter through   
   our consciousness to produce new modes of expression –   
   after all, there's more than one way to peel a potato. At   
   the same time, metaphors involving meat could gain an   
   increased intensity if the killing of animals for food   
   becomes less socially acceptable. The image of "killing two   
   birds with one stone" is, if anything, made more powerful   
   by the animal-friendly alternative of "feeding two birds   
   with one scone". If veganism forces us to confront the   
   realities of food's origins, then this increased awareness   
   will undoubtedly be reflected in our language and our   
   literature.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   https://theconversation.com/how-the-rise-of-veganism-may-tenderi   
   e-fictional-language-106576   
      
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