Re: Comparison of philosophical languages

Andrew Nowicki wrote:

> James Landau wrote:
> JL> I can tell that onion uses "optical" because it
> JL> has to do with the tear ducts, and the carrot
> JL> would probably be the best vegetable for "long"
> JL> because its body isn't much more than a long
> JL> stick, or that the cauliflower is "sexual"
> JL> because it consists of flowers, or that corn
> JL> grows as "high" as an elephant's eye, but how
> JK> did you get "warm" for potato? If I heard a
> JL> compound word "warm vegetable", I never would
> JL> be able to have guessed what vegetable it was.
>
> Raw potatoes are toxic, but cooked ones are safe
> to eat. There are a few tropical vegetables having
> the same property.
This isn't true.  I've eaten raw potatoes.  In fact, I
eat them as a snack.

Now, green potatoes are toxic, as are the potato vine
itself.  But the potato is not.