On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:28:30 -0400, "magnulus" > wrote:
>"Digger" > wrote in message ...
>> >
>> >Vegetarian comes from the Latin "vegetus"
>> >(vigorous, energetic), which doesn't mean "vegetable".
>>
>> Then, to regard or announce oneself as a vegetarian,
>> all one need do is equivocate on the term and hope
>> no one realises they aren't trying to fool others when
>> inwardly referring to a definition of vegetarianism
>
> The word "vegetarian" doesn't come from the word "vegetable", although
>both words have similar origins in Latin. Just because a food is not a
>vegetable, doesn't mean it isn't necessarily vegetarian.

Then, just as I wrote earlier but which you obviously
chose to ignore, to regard or announce oneself as a
vegetarian, all one need do is equivocate on the term
and hope no one realises they're in fact using the
term to define themselves as something other than
what people usually regard as vegetarians that feed
on vegetation rather than animal foodstuff.