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panader0

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20. Why is vegan pronounced Vay-gun?

Reply to TheMightyFavog (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 10:03 PM

Jan 2013

Are vegetables Vaygtables? Why not Vee-gun?
I married a vegetarian (back before vegans) in '71 or '72. She got me on board for a while (until the divorce).

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PETA wants to make Mars a "Vegan Planet." [View all] TheMightyFavog Jan 2013 OP

Only if they all promise to go there! ohiosmith Jan 2013 #1

Martian colonists would be vegans, not Vegans. Gormy Cuss Jan 2013 #2

One thing about living in space: Meat will be SCARCE! backscatter712 Jan 2013 #3

That will ensure that the martians will not eat the human explorers and settlers. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #4

I know others will agree with me when I say dlwickham Jan 2013 #5

They aren't even about animals anyway. duffyduff Jan 2013 #8

Extremism bothers me, whether it is from PETA of the religious right. bluestate10 Jan 2013 #10

At this point they're just evangelical misanthropes. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #11

Probably a moot point Bosonic Jan 2013 #6

Every member of PETA can go there duffyduff Jan 2013 #7

Screw that, so far away from home... I would need comfort food. Glassunion Jan 2013 #9

I will bring roasted chicken if you promise to share. nt bluestate10 Jan 2013 #13

Hell yeah!!! Glassunion Jan 2013 #15

So no cannibals on the exploratory team? nt OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #12

Damnit! Sick and tired of all these astronaut cannibal rumors! longship Jan 2013 #26

Here's a list of "ignorant assholes" who support PETA whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #14

I am one of those "ignorant assholes." RebelOne Jan 2013 #16

Me too whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #17

That's the best insult you can do? LiberalElite Jan 2013 #18

Sure you are, Sport... n/t whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #21

I thought Mars was the red meat planet. Chiyo-chichi Jan 2013 #19

Why is vegan pronounced Vay-gun? panader0 Jan 2013 #20

It is pronounced vee-gun muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #23

That's the way they pronounced "Vegan" in the anime my friend referenced. TheMightyFavog Jan 2013 #25

Can we just send the Tea Party up there instead? LeftInTX Jan 2013 #22

PETA killing 95 percent of their animals they take in... bobclark86 Jan 2013 #24