Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

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Stone Gordonssen wrote:
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>>dettol,
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>Antiseptic thing made by a presumably English company: the Queen uses it.
>If you get a cut that might get infected, you would wash it in
>Dettol. Orangey color. Distinctive smell.
Betadine, I think.
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I can't resist delurking again for this :)
[context: English, medical profession]

Dettol: When I was a child, this was our household antiseptic of
choice - orangey indeed, but a *clear* liquid, although cloudy when
mixed with water (that always seemed odd).  I can't remember exactly
what the active ingredient was - chlorhexidine? - but it is/was very
much a household thing.  (Name presumably < 'detox-' + '-ol' ... but
that's a guess.)

Dettol is a major nostalgia-thing from my childhood,
along with Vosene shampoo etc.

Betadine: Dark brown, *opaque*, fluid basically consisting of a
solution of iodine, used by me at work to clean skin in preparation
for sticking things through it.  A completely different smell from
Dettol, and I'm not sure whether you can get it for household use.

[Sorry for such an egregiously OT post - but work on Telona's going
slowly ... I'm negotiating with my agents about my patients :))]

Jonathan.

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