Is the PC crowd striking again.
The term "bringing home the bacon" is under attack. This time, it isn't raging feminists arguing the phrase emboldens the patriarchy. Instead the popular saying, along with other delicious meat references, is at risk of going extinct due to a growing vegan population. That's according to an article in The Independent, which resides across the pond in the UK (bolding is mine).
You may think phrases like “bringing home the bacon” and “putting all your eggs in one basket” are harmless quirks of the English language, but they could be offending vegans and vegetarians, with one academic claiming they might end up being avoided altogether as a result.
As research shows more people are removing animal products from their diets than ever before, Shareena Hamzah of Swansea University says idioms involving animal products could be rendered obsolete because they are out of touch with the zeitgeist.
Speaking of, back in the U.S. this "academic" garbage of "filtering through consciousness" seems to be going nowhere. Utah Republican Senator Orrin Hatch is having none of it.....snip~
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