Strictly, organic means "made with carbon" - which includes oil. The use of the word "organic" for food created a certain way is just theft of a term which had a perfectly good well-understood meaning previously.
Thus, any food is organic.
OT: D-I-Y Grammar: It's how you write it that matters
Apr 06, 2025
Last reply: 1 year ago
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D2O or just perfectly distilled/deionised ?
[re: your last sentence] Exactly. As a friend of mine said to me recently -- interrupting my fulminating about "people" buying "stuff" [that, in most cases, they cannot afford]:
"But John! These days it's ALL about marketing, and nothing but! Forget quality. Forget "can't afford". Forget any personal judgement at all! The whole human race is now run by Marketing!"
In that context "Organic Water" is perfectly acceptable ... in a Trumpian sense.
Cheers [down the hatch!]
John
That sounds like Eddie in Absolutely Fabulous describing PR: "Well, it's PR, isn't it? We all need PR".
I think it was just water in drinking quality (i.e. the usual minerals, no more that XYZ unwanted stuff) with extra adjectives and poetic description: "Finest Water brought to you from Himalayan Springs where it gladly runs downhill".
I see Fiji Water comes in different sizes, described as:
330mL Events, Offices, & Kid-Friendly 500mL Everyday Hydration 700mL Active Lifestyle 1.0L Traveling & General Hydration 1.5L Ongoing HydrationThomas Prufer
Ah! The shipboard computer in HHGTTG.
Oh! That Eddie.
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