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minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHey Japan? Yeah we already have three discreet words for “savory,” “meaty,” and “delicious” - you can have your ambiguous catch-all back.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSure but having a singular catchall for the phenomena around that taste is actually better and I would argue more discrete (wait wtf is it discrete or discreet?). Imagine if we had to describe the fundamental tastes like this: Salty Sweet Sour Bitter Savory, meaty and delicious
minus-squarerooster_butt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year ago discrete That’s the correct one for your usage of it.
Hey Japan? Yeah we already have three discreet words for “savory,” “meaty,” and “delicious” - you can have your ambiguous catch-all back.
Sure but having a singular catchall for the phenomena around that taste is actually better and I would argue more discrete (wait wtf is it discrete or discreet?). Imagine if we had to describe the fundamental tastes like this:
That’s the correct one for your usage of it.
Which one is that? Umami?