Greek Yogurt Radish Salad

20201021, The Académie Française, France's official authority on the French language, ruled back in May that "Covid-19" should be feminine. The reasoning: since the French word for disease (maladie) is a feminine noun, "Covid-19" should take the feminine form too. On the ground, though, people had been calling it "corona," using "virus," a masculine noun, so academia and the media had reportedly been using the masculine form all along. Not sure how that debate was ultimately settled, but given that language is both a tool of thought and a reflection of the world, I think it's fair to expect a language to carry the spirit of its times. I watched the show "Emily in Paris" over the weekend, and there's a scene where Emily gets furious that the French word for a woman's "vagina" takes a masculine article. That's how tilted the playing field has been. #EmilyinParis Thin slices of #radish - the root of an annual or biennial herb in the mustard family, order Brassicales, class dicotyledon - topped with Greek yogurt, pepper, and a little dill, for a #radishsalad, alongside #natto. #breakfast #salad #breakfastfood #ritual #radish #radishsalad #myFrenchstylesalad