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I just like to point out that umami is a terrible word to import into English. Why? Because we already have a word for savory. It’s savory. Worse, umami doesn’t completely just mean savory. It also means meaty or deliciousness. In English, savory ≠ meaty, and deliciousness is subjective. The word just doesn’t translate cleanly. So when anybody uses umami to describe savory food, all they’re really doing is sounding like an imprecise, pretentious jackass.
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