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minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoI think it’s more that they used an existing word for a concept that has nothing to do with its original meaning, or only in an extremely abstracted sense. This is certainly true of quark flavours and colour.
minus-squareRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoWait, so they all taste the same?
I think it’s more that they used an existing word for a concept that has nothing to do with its original meaning, or only in an extremely abstracted sense. This is certainly true of quark flavours and colour.
Wait, so they all taste the same?
Yup! Curd cheese.