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Why the asterisk in vegan? i.e. 'Veg*n'

post #1 of 6
11/30/09 at 10:14pm
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What is the reason for subbing the 'a' with '*'?
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post #2 of 6
11/30/09 at 11:30pm
So that it can stand for veg(a)n or veg(etaria)n. Took me a little while to figure it out at first.
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post #3 of 6
11/30/09 at 11:39pm
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I think I figured it out. A combination of vegetarian and vegan?
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post #4 of 6
12/1/09 at 4:20am
We really need to sticky this.
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post #5 of 6
12/2/09 at 12:47am
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Nah. We'll just keep asking over and over.
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post #6 of 6
12/2/09 at 12:52am
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Originally Posted by Funny Face View Post
Nah. We'll just keep asking over and over.
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