Re: proposed name for Saturnian moon S/2005 S1

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Jonathan Silverlight <jsilverlight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <4350704d%Vulch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Anthony Frost
> <Vulch@xxxxxxxxx> writes
> >
> >Chemistry naming got tightened up a bit after someone having a bad name
> >day labelled a new sugar as godnose...
>
> The someone was Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (before he won the Nobel prize) but
> there seems to be argument as to whether it was the editor of Nature or
> the Biochemical Journal who objected.

Ta. I could remember having checked the story when told it by chemistry
teachers mumble years ago, but couldn't remember the other names
involved.

> But you've still got bastardane, curious chloride, megaphone, and
> windowpane, so the rules are still fairly loose (thanks to
> <http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm> for these and
> more).

:-) Bookmarked for future giggles.

Anthony

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