Re: OT: Hey Eurotrash, the Arabs Beat You to It

From: keith (krw_at_att.bizzzz)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 22:31:26 -0500

On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 16:45:42 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:

> I read in sci.electronics.design that Kryten <kryten_droid_obfusticator@
> ntlworld.com> wrote (in <x2UCd.227$Wo1.208@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net>) about
> 'OT: Hey Eurotrash, the Arabs Beat You to It', on Wed, 5 Jan 2005:
>>
>>"Bob Stephens" <stephensyomamadigital@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>news:62fwn1lzd3wk$.sdwsvc7cv9wb$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On 5 Jan 2005 02:11:56 -0800, bill.sloman@ieee.org wrote:
>>>
>>> Two of my pet hatreds:
>>>
>>
>>aluminum (inconsistent with other metals like sodium calcium magnesium)
>
> But 'tantalum'.

Hmm,what about; platinum, molybdenum, stannum(tin), plumbum(lead),
argentum(silver), aurum(gold), hydrargyrum(mercury), cuprum(copper)

Then there's; manganese, tungsten(wolfram), antimony, cobalt, nickel,
zinc, bismuth

Nope, don't see the bitch either. ;-) 

-- 
  Keith