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minus-squarehayvan@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down8·2 months agoAmerican use of “cereal” still confuses me. These are cereals: What they mean is chunks of sugar with some cereal flakes sprinkled here and there.
minus-squareTheRealKuni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s almost like colloquial definitions follow usage, and the word “cereal” also means “breakfast cereal” which isn’t the same as the botanical definition of “cereal.” Or something. I don’t know, I’m not a dictionary.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agoBreakfast cereal is traditionally made from cereal grains.
minus-squareiamthetot@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·2 months agoThey said colloquial, not traditional.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoI’m not disagreeing with anything that is being said, just adding additional context to why we call them cereals. They’re typically made from cereal grains, even if they get mashed and formed into puffed sugar paste.
minus-squareusualsuspect191@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI’ll colloquially use your name to mean dictionary so you can be.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s the kind of word fuckery I can get behind
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 months agoLanguages change, it’s just what they do. It’s kinda what makes them cool imo. Languages are alive No one, except maybe an academic, that speaks American English would call corn or corn kernels cereal. Maybe you’ll hear someone say cereal grains, but that will only be in a more academic or technical conversation.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThe actual name of the product is “breakfast candy” but it did poorly in preliminary studies.
American use of “cereal” still confuses me. These are cereals:
What they mean is chunks of sugar with some cereal flakes sprinkled here and there.
It’s almost like colloquial definitions follow usage, and the word “cereal” also means “breakfast cereal” which isn’t the same as the botanical definition of “cereal.” Or something. I don’t know, I’m not a dictionary.
Breakfast cereal is traditionally made from cereal grains.
They said colloquial, not traditional.
I’m not disagreeing with anything that is being said, just adding additional context to why we call them cereals.
They’re typically made from cereal grains, even if they get mashed and formed into puffed sugar paste.
I’ll colloquially use your name to mean dictionary so you can be.
That’s the kind of word fuckery I can get behind
Languages change, it’s just what they do. It’s kinda what makes them cool imo. Languages are alive
No one, except maybe an academic, that speaks American English would call corn or corn kernels cereal.
Maybe you’ll hear someone say cereal grains, but that will only be in a more academic or technical conversation.
The actual name of the product is “breakfast candy” but it did poorly in preliminary studies.