[Fictionary] New Word
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fictioneric at inbox.com
Wed Oct 14 14:21:35 EDT 2015
>I think at this point it's perfectly kosher.
Jim, you make me laugh!
I think once it appears in a context like "Halal Pizza" (in my
neighborhood) it's naturalized.
>>>Fun language trivia I was fiddling with earlier: very close to 10%
>>>of English words (at least by /usr/share/dict/words standards) can
>>>be spelled using only symbols from the periodic table, once. (That
>>>is, you could spell CoAl or COAl, but not HAlAl.)
If there's a chemist in your life who needs a present, Theodore Gray
(Mr. Periodic Table) will print a beautiful poster of their name
(that is, if you can spell it with elements). (Luckily, my father has
such a name.)
http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/MSP/ElementBanners
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