sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott Anderson) (04/22/85)
*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH MY MESSAGE ? *** Most "vegetarians" are not strictly herbivorous; they will usually eat some animal products, e.g. milk or eggs. Those who eat the former are called lactovegetarians, those who eat the latter are called ovovegetarians, and those who eat both are lactoovovegetarians (such as myself). In addition, there are people who call themselves vegetarians who will also eat fish or poultry. I think the former could be called "piscivegetarians", as in pisciculture or pisciform, but what would the latter be called -- poulevegetarians? Are there generally accepted names for these "vegetarians"? Scott Anderson ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra "I don't eat meat; I'm a poulepiscilactoovovegetarian!"
gjerawlins@watdaisy.UUCP (Gregory J.E. Rawlins) (04/22/85)
In article <691@oddjob.UUCP> sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott Anderson) writes: >[......] vegetarians who will also eat fish or poultry. I think the former >could be called "piscivegetarians", as in pisciculture or pisciform, >but what would the latter be called -- poulevegetarians? Are there >generally accepted names for these "vegetarians"? > Scott Anderson Of course this is just cause for the linguistic magpie to spring into action. Does anyone know of a reference book which lists the various adjectives for animals? eg. piscine, bovine, lupine, vulpine, porcine etc. Thanks a whole lot to all the people who responded to my last request for reference books. I've now got tons of new references and will post them if there is any interest. Stay tuned to this station for more obscure word collections. The linguistic magpie. -- Gregory J.E. Rawlins, Department of Computer Science, U. Waterloo {allegra|clyde|linus|inhp4|decvax}!watmath!watdaisy!gjerawlins
gary@rochester.UUCP (Gary Cottrell) (04/24/85)
In article <691@oddjob.UUCP> sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott Anderson) writes: >In addition, there are people who call themselves >vegetarians who will also eat fish or poultry. > Scott Anderson > ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra > >"I don't eat meat; I'm a poulepiscilactoovovegetarian!" My SO (a non -vege) says chickens are vegetables anyway. I tend to agree. gary cottrell (allegra or seismo)!rochester!gary (UUCP) gary@rochester (ARPA)
jc@mit-athena.UUCP (John Chambers) (04/26/85)
>[......] vegetarians who will also eat fish or poultry. I think the former >could be called "piscivegetarians", as in pisciculture or pisciform, >but what would the latter be called -- poulevegetarians? Are there >generally accepted names for these "vegetarians"? > Scott Anderson Yeah, they're called "omnivores". :-) Why isn't there a special name for people who don't eat liver? -- John Chambers [...!decvax!mit-athena] He who has made no mistakes has probably made nothing at all.
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (05/03/85)
In article <194@mit-athena.UUCP> jc@mit-athena.UUCP (John Chambers) writes: > >Why isn't there a special name for people who don't eat liver? > > John Chambers [...!decvax!mit-athena] There is. "Intelligent" or "sensible" are good examples... :-)
brower@fortune.UUCP (Richard Brower) (05/09/85)
In article <10380@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-bmd.UUCP writes: >>Why isn't there a special name for people who don't eat liver? >There is. "Intelligent" or "sensible" are good examples... :-) And then the problems start... lack of the correct B-12 balance may lead to further complications.