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Old 01-09-2009, 03:47 PM   #5
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That's where the language used is important.

About twenty five years ago there was a fuss about a new company selling "hedgehog flavoured crisps". The public was a bit upset by the use of hedgehogs. The Advertising Standards Authority was upset by the non-use of hedgehogs. They had to be renamed "hedgehog flavour crisps"

You see - you can describe one thing as having the favour of something else without a problem. But describing one thing as flavoured with another requires that it does contain some of the second item.

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The problem as reported in the last line of the story is that "no squirrels were harmed in making the crisps."
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