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posted by [personal profile] askye at 05:16pm on 16/04/2006
I've been following Vegan Lunchbox lately and as a result I've been reading some vegetarian boards and sites. I noticed some people type "veg*n" instead of "vegan" and that confuses me. Does anyone know why they do it?
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posted by [personal profile] helvirago at 10:23pm on 16/04/2006
My completely uneducated guess would be that they're using * as a wildcard rather than typing "vegetarian/vegan". Does that work in context, or are they talking about things which are only relevant to vegans?
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posted by [identity profile] askye.livejournal.com at 01:00am on 17/04/2006
Once I went and checked a FAQ I saw that you were right. Althoug I did see at least one person refer to themselves as "veg*n".
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posted by [identity profile] darth-spacey.livejournal.com at 10:34pm on 16/04/2006
In (some) computing environments, the star stands for any number of letters, instead of just one. I reckon it's a usage that came from computerisms, representing both veg(itaria)n and veg(a)n. Plenty of computer geeks are (unlike me) veggies and/or vegans.
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posted by [identity profile] askye.livejournal.com at 12:59am on 17/04/2006
After I asked the question I went and checked one of the FAQs. Although I have seen a few posters refer to themselves as "veg*n" which kind of threw me.
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posted by [identity profile] darth-spacey.livejournal.com at 01:01am on 17/04/2006
In which case, they probably meant "somewhere between vegitarian and vegan, i.e. I cheat now and then". Either that, or they just weren't hip to the lingo... ;-)
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posted by [identity profile] misspamela.livejournal.com at 10:48pm on 16/04/2006
*nods* The other folks are correct. It's a short way of encompassing both.
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