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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
Sorry, I'm no native speaker of English. But everybody here seems to
be an expert in semantics. Who's missing what question? |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
>But everybody here seems to
>be an expert in semantics. What? "wholesome" = said of food "healthy" = said of people |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
>But everybody here seems to
>be an expert in semantics. What? "wholesome" = said of food "healthy" = said of people |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
Healthful/wholesome = good for you
Healthy = having good health "Heathy" food would be a live cow that doesn't have BSE. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Louis Cohen Living la vida loca at N37° 43' 7.9" W122° 8' 42.8" "tetrahedron" > wrote in message om... > Sorry, I'm no native speaker of English. But everybody here seems to > be an expert in semantics. Who's missing what question? |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
Healthful/wholesome = good for you
Healthy = having good health "Heathy" food would be a live cow that doesn't have BSE. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Louis Cohen Living la vida loca at N37° 43' 7.9" W122° 8' 42.8" "tetrahedron" > wrote in message om... > Sorry, I'm no native speaker of English. But everybody here seems to > be an expert in semantics. Who's missing what question? |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
wardNA wrote:
>"wholesome" = said of food >"healthy" = said of people ====================== "Wholesome" and "healthy" are simply synonyms for each other. Don't pick it to death. From Merriam-Websster Dictionary ================================== Main Entry: whole·some Pronunciation: 'hOl-s&m Function: adjective Date: 13th century 1 : promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit 2 : promoting health of body 3 a : sound in body, mind, or morals b : having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity 4 a : based on well-grounded fear : PRUDENT <a wholesome respect for the law> b : SAFE <it wouldn't be wholesome for you to go down there €”Mark Twain> synonym see HEALTHFUL, HEALTHY - whole·some·ly adverb - whole·some·ness noun Pronunciation Key © 2001 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated Merriam-Webster Privacy Policy |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
wardNA wrote:
>"wholesome" = said of food >"healthy" = said of people ====================== "Wholesome" and "healthy" are simply synonyms for each other. Don't pick it to death. From Merriam-Websster Dictionary ================================== Main Entry: whole·some Pronunciation: 'hOl-s&m Function: adjective Date: 13th century 1 : promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit 2 : promoting health of body 3 a : sound in body, mind, or morals b : having the simple health or vigor of normal domesticity 4 a : based on well-grounded fear : PRUDENT <a wholesome respect for the law> b : SAFE <it wouldn't be wholesome for you to go down there €”Mark Twain> synonym see HEALTHFUL, HEALTHY - whole·some·ly adverb - whole·some·ness noun Pronunciation Key © 2001 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated Merriam-Webster Privacy Policy |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
tetrahedron wrote:
> But everybody here seems to > be an expert in semantics. Don't you mean semiotics? |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
tetrahedron wrote:
> But everybody here seems to > be an expert in semantics. Don't you mean semiotics? |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
Okay, I got the point.
> Don't you mean semiotics? No. |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
Okay, I got the point.
> Don't you mean semiotics? No. |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
>> But everybody here seems to
>> be an expert in semantics. > >Don't you mean semiotics? ======================= Interesting subject (to some of us), but it appears "semantics" is the right choice here. -------- / /se·man·tics (si-man'tiks) n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Linguistics. The study or science of meaning in language. Linguistics. The study of relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent. Also called semasiology. The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form: We're basically agreed; let's not quibble over semantics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
>> But everybody here seems to
>> be an expert in semantics. > >Don't you mean semiotics? ======================= Interesting subject (to some of us), but it appears "semantics" is the right choice here. -------- / /se·man·tics (si-man'tiks) n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Linguistics. The study or science of meaning in language. Linguistics. The study of relationships between signs and symbols and what they represent. Also called semasiology. The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form: We're basically agreed; let's not quibble over semantics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
"tetrahedron" > wrote in message om... > Sorry, I'm no native speaker of English. But everybody here seems to > be an expert in semantics. Who's missing what question? Hmmm... Maybe yes and maybe no but most probably - Who Knows? Dimitri |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
"tetrahedron" > wrote in message om... > Sorry, I'm no native speaker of English. But everybody here seems to > be an expert in semantics. Who's missing what question? Hmmm... Maybe yes and maybe no but most probably - Who Knows? Dimitri |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
>"Wholesome" and "healthy" are simply synonyms for each other. Don't pick it
>to >death. >From Merriam-Websster Dictionary Indeed, they are not. And certainly not according to the definition of "wholesome" you cite from Merriam-Webster. Neil |
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wholesome food (but it used to be healthy)
>"Wholesome" and "healthy" are simply synonyms for each other. Don't pick it
>to >death. >From Merriam-Websster Dictionary Indeed, they are not. And certainly not according to the definition of "wholesome" you cite from Merriam-Webster. Neil |
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