Is it normal i don't like the word "gastro" in food brands?

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Ok, a bit petty maybe. But went into marks and spencer store the other month and they have a food range known as gastro pub. Admittedly the food is nice, and I have no problem with the food or store. But when I read the word gastro on the food box it puts me off as I can't help thinking of things like gastroenteritis or gastric juices or other gross things like that. I associate the word gastric with illness, like having the shits and throwing up. There are also a chain of gastro pubs, which are pubs which serve food. The thought of this word turns my guts and I really have to get past this phrase to eat it. Am I the only one or are there others out there who are turned off by the products because of the name?

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  • bananaface
    11 years ago

    YES! Finally, someone else who shares my dislike of this!!:D

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    so funny..now its on my head too

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  • sega31098
    10 years ago

    Gastropods = Snails and slugs

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  • Terence_the_viking
    11 years ago

    Damn i never even noticed it.

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  • moomus
    11 years ago

    THANK GOD!! There are others like me!!!! (I'm the op)

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  • Magenta_W
    11 years ago

    I don't even say the name when I suggest we go there, it really isn't appetizing :/

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  • ProseAthlete
    11 years ago

    Ugh, same here! I can't stand it.Might as well call it a rectum-raunt or the neighborhood pukery. "Gastro" is totally associated with gastroenteritis, gastrointestinal disease, and so forth for me.

    I don't eat gastriques either for the same reason, even though it's a perfectly valid category of food.

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