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"Dimitri" > wrote in message .com>...
> "Mike Pearce" > wrote in message
> news:V0lLb.30597$JD6.17590@lakeread04...
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> > "Dimitri" wrote in message
> > m...
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> > > From Websters!
> > >
> > > One entry found for vegetarianism.
> > >
> > >
> > > Main Entry: veg·e·tar·i·an·ism
> > > Pronunciation: -E-&-"ni-z&m
> > > Function: noun
> > > Date: circa 1851
> > > : the theory or practice of living on a diet made up of vegetables ,

> fruits,
> > > grains, nuts, and sometimes eggs or dairy products

> >
> > I've seen this definition before. I'm still trying to figure out when

> those
> > "sometimes" are that eggs and dairy products are vegetables. <g>
> >
> > -Mike

>
> Actually it comes from a better definition:
>
> Dimitri
>
> http://www.vegetarian-diet.info/vegetarians-types.htm
>
> Definition of Vegetarian and Vegetarianism
>
> There is no exact definition of the words 'vegetarian' or 'vegetarianism.'
> They cover a wide range of meat-restricted eating habits.
>
> In general, a vegetarian is someone whose diet omits animal products, but
> some vegetarians do eat some meat-products (milk, eggs, meat fats) and some
> vegetarians eat fish.
>
> The strictest type of vegetarian is a 'vegan' who avoids all flesh as well
> as all meat-by-products.
>
> Main Types of Vegetarian and Vegetarianism
>
> The most common types of vegetarian a
>
> Semi or Part Vegetarians


IOW, NOT vegetarians.


-L.