Vegan
Defined
(Various
Definitions of Vegan)
vegan
– The ethic
of, or person who lives by, consistently acting to promote the best possible
situation for all who live. At a minimum, this includes avoiding the use of the
animals, insects, or other living beings, dead or alive, or their parts or
byproducts, such as for food, commodity, tools, decoration, or clothing. In the
fuller sense, this includes examining and improving all aspects of living, to
including living sustainability, and giving our support and business
exclusively to responsible and ethical people and practices.
vegan - Eating no animal
by-products. These include beef, chicken, fish, eggs, milk, cheese, gelatin,
and honey. Honey is included because bees are nearly always ground into the
honey, because the bees are nearly impossible to eliminate, or because taking
honey from bees is unethical.
Merriam-Webster’s
Online dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=vegan
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegan
Microsoft’s
MSN Encarta Dictionary
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/vegan.html
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vegan
Oxford
English Dictionary
http://www.oed.com/
Don’t know what it says, because you have to pay to use it
The
founder and coiner of the word (Donald Watson) pronounced it “VEE-gn”
You
can hear vegan pronounced correctly by
clicking on the play sound
button at
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/vegan.html
clicking on the first (left-most) audio icon at
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