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Grammar Police: If something is made by an artisan, is it called "artisan" or "artisanal?"?

Asked by jca (36062points) July 17th, 2015

I’m on some craft pages in Facebook, and people refer to their items as (for example) “artisan soaps” meaning handmade, fine soaps. I think the proper phrase should be “artisanal soaps.”

Can you please help me? If something is “special” would you refer to it as “artisan” or “artisanal?”

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