What's In A Name?

Patrick O'Callaghan pocallaghan at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 21:26:44 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 14:46 -0500, Wyatt Berka wrote:
> Paul Shaffer wrote:
> > Sulphur, huh?  Will we be burned by brimstone when this element commonly used in gunpowder blows up?
> > 
> > Or may we just rest assured it will stink worse than a werewolf?
> > 
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> 
> Sulphur is an awesome name! It's interesting that they decided to use 
> the old name of the element, spelt with a ph rather than an f.

Sulphur is how it's spelt in the UK and (I think) most other
English-speaking countries.

poc




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