Natrium? Help! We're living on a planet whose atmosphere is 75% Sodium!! I
can't breathe...
Sorry, Christophe, I know you mean Nitrogen - let's put it down to France's
untimely exit from the World Cup (unfortunate and sad, I really like France,
both the country and l'equipe!)
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: Sensory Infixes in rtemmu (was Mauve and a related conlang
question)
> Except that it's the 75% of natrium that give the sky its blue colour, not
the
> 20% of oxygen. I don't remember which colour would the sky be if oxygen
was
> majoritary, but a colour between yellow and green comes to mind. I studied
that
> a few years ago, I should have it in my notes. Now where are my notes...
;))
>
> Surely any
> > culture
> > advanced enough to have a theory of "oxygenated blood" would know this
> > ;-).
> >
>
> Well, except for the fact that it's wrong? And that the discovery of
oxygen
> preceeded by far the discovery of natrium? (which being basically a
neutral gas
> was difficult to make appear)
>
> Christophe.
>
>
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>
> Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.