Vegan pronunciation and Climate change as manifested in Southern Oregon

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Re: " When you use the word vegan, do you personally pronounce it Vee-gan or do

you say Vay-gan? (One hears both.) NOTE: Voting in this poll is anonymous. o I

pronounce it VAY-gan o I pronounce it VEE-gan o Neither. I never use the word "

There are two other pronunciation possibilities that I have heard: instead of

pronouncing the g with the " guh " sound, it can be pronounced with a " jeh " sound,

as it is pronounced in " vegetarian, " making VAY-jan and VEE-jan the two other

possibilities..

 

Message: 4 Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:01:07 -0000 " Feral "

<terebinthus " On an off-topic local note, isn't the weather for this

time of year weird for Southern Oregon? i am not complaining though since i have

enjoyed not having to crank up my AC, but rain in June? "

 

The topic of climate change is not unrelated to vegetarianism, since the

deforestation for pasture land is one of the leading causes of CO2 emissions. In

John Robbins’ book, Diet For A New America, a study was cited which said that

the Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho) production of meat used as much water

as all other uses of water combined, yet this production cannot meet even half

of the demand in the Northwest. The rest of the meat has to come from places

like Central America, which has been massively deforested for pasture land in

the last 20-25 years. Meat production also requires more energy than plant-based

foods, so there is another connection. Global warming, by the way, means more

rain over all, since that water cycle is driven by solar energy...

 

 

 

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, Tom <antipreophogistiii>

wrote:

>There are two other pronunciation possibilities that I have heard: instead of

pronouncing the g with the " guh " sound, it can be pronounced with a " jeh "

sound, as it is pronounced in " vegetarian, " making VAY-jan and VEE-jan the

two other possibilities.

 

That's true, now that you remind me! Thanks, Tom. But I confess I have never

actually *heard* it pronounced with a soft G - only read about the possibility

of

saying it that way. What do we need? LOL Another poll????

 

I was thinking about the Vee or Vay pronunciation of Vegan because friends

recently visiting here were pronouncing if VAY-gan although waitstaff at our

restaurants said VEE-gan - none of us commented on the pronunciation,

though. Just thought I'd ask you guys! Right now the VEEs are winning over

the VAYs 17 to 2 in the Poll.

 

Anyone out there actually pronounce the word with a soft G in the middle as in

'vegetarian'?

 

Best, Pat

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, Tom <antipreophogistiii>

wrote:

There are two other pronunciation possibilities that I have heard:

instead of

pronouncing the g with the " guh " sound, it can be pronounced with a

" jeh "

sound, as it is pronounced in " vegetarian, " making VAY-jan and

VEE-jan the

two other possibilities..

 

~ Wow. i have never heard those before... very cool.

 

 

 

> The topic of climate change is not unrelated to vegetarianism,

since the

deforestation for pasture land is one of the leading causes of CO2

emissions. In

John Robbins' book, Diet For A New America, a study was cited

which said that

the Northwest (Oregon, Washington, Idaho) production of meat used as

much

water as all other uses of water combined, yet this production cannot

meet even

half of the demand in the Northwest. The rest of the meat has to come

from

places like Central America, which has been massively deforested for

pasture

land in the last 20-25 years. Meat production also requires more

energy than

plant-based foods, so there is another connection. Global warming, by

the way,

means more rain over all, since that water cycle is driven by solar

energy...

 

 

~ Yeah, i sort of figured it was just more of the same

weird weather the rest of our planet is experiencing.

i hope more people will start waking up and stop eating

all that meat. That is one positive starting step to helping

our planet recover i think.

namaste

 

~ pt ~

 

By not eating any meat in your meal you are helping to save

our planet's forests. Did you know that since 1967, forests have

been destroyed at the rate of 1 acre every 5 seconds to create

grazing land for beef cattle to ensure a continuous supply of

inexpensive meat for our fast food restaurants? By choosing

to cook at home and making your family delicious, healthy

vegan or vegetarian meals you are taking a postive step, not just

for yourself, but for the planet.

~ Robin [aka pt in Grants Pass]