hi,
i had a discussion last week with one of my English friends re: describing a food as being a bit 'rustic'.
I found on the net and in various food articles an expression 'rustic food'. I asked few of my English friends if this is a common one or a fairly new one.
Most of dictionaries don't mention this connotation of words
My argument is that 'rustic' is not commonly used to describe a food; better words would be plain, basic; maybe even 'country food' but rustic?
As my friend put it to me:
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This has more information – it does not used the example in ways of food but
Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward; rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest.
And
characteristic of rural life
can by no means exclude the use with food – one of the characteristics of rural life is their food; farms, farmers markets, country ware, harvest festival, etc.
I would like to see the reasons behind these being excluded.
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My opinion is that rustic used as an adjective to food hasn't been in use for long (maybe the last 15-20 years - according to my other friends) and as such is not commonly recognised as a food description.
As language specialists, what's your opinion?
And another one - do you have a varnish on your nails or nail polish?
It was always a 'nail polish' for me. The same friend used word 'varnish', which I associate with the top coat on furniture rather than nails.