{"product_id":"the-other-same-different-vegetable","title":"The [Other] \/ [Same Different] Vegetable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e☼\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist: Sheere Ng\u003cbr\u003eDesigner: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/almost.useful\/\"\u003eAlmost Useful\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/inplainwords.sg\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIn Plain Words\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSize: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e105 x 145 x 7 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePages: 72pp\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplastic comb binding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrinted in: Singapore\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Side A] The Other Vegetable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe way fruits and vegetables have been named is much like how people categorise and perceive one another. We take note of places of origin, distinctive appearances and make comparisons with what we know. While we may be more discreet about doing that to people, most don’t think twice about calling a gourd “hairy” or emphasising that a bawang (onion) is from “Bombay”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany fruit and vegetable names indicate the outsiders from or through whom they originate, as seen from the speakers of the respective languages. These names also communicate feelings and ideas that communities have or had of one another. And since Singaporeans inherited these names from colonisers and ancestors from other lands, some of these perceptions, often biased, are not even our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[Side B] The Same Different Vegetable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAre “Japanese tomatoes” grown in Thailand still “Japanese”? Is “premium” better than “speciality”? Is a sweet corn labelled “sweet corn” sweeter than a sweet corn simply labelled “corn”? I added vegetable labelling language into plant taxonomy to critique the scientific and commercial classification systems. Despite how they seem, both create value through distinction and are therefore compatible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sheere Ng","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59119998271569,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0549\/6107\/8353\/files\/DSC01650.jpg?v=1771663890","url":"https:\/\/thingbooks.co\/products\/the-other-same-different-vegetable","provider":"Thing Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}