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Re: electronyms

From:<morphemeaddict@...>
Date:Thursday, September 13, 2007, 23:53
In a message dated 9/13/2007 6:46:23 PM Central Daylight Time,
markjreed@MAIL.COM writes:


> If I may interject a stupid question - especially considering that I > have a degree in the sciences - what is the connection between > electricity and amber? >
Apparently if you rub amber the right way it attracts small objects with its static charge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_electricity stevo </HTML>