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Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 10, 2003, 19:40
>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.)
Ah, okay, the piercing shops do/did make much use of it for a while.
>for sticking things through it. A completely different smell from >Dettol, and I'm not sure whether you can get it for household use.
Betadine is OTC in the USA.
>[Sorry for such an egregiously OT post - but work on Telona's going >slowly ... I'm negotiating with my agents about my patients :))]
I'm always eager to read more on Telona!!!!!! _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail