From a.rosta@ntlworld.com Fri Nov 02 05:18:27 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: a.rosta@ntlworld.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 2 Nov 2001 13:18:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 20572 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2001 13:18:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m8.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Nov 2001 13:18:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta01-svc.ntlworld.com) (62.253.162.41) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Nov 2001 13:18:27 -0000 Received: from andrew ([62.255.43.214]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20011102131825.QFPT18177.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@andrew> for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:18:25 +0000 To: "Lojban@Yahoogroups. Com" Subject: name of smells/chemicals Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:17:42 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal From: "And Rosta" X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin What's the English and Lojban name for that sweet smelling chemical given off by ink (marker pens & inkjet ink) and rotting fruit? Ghosts of memories of O level chemistry are whispering 'ester', 'ether', 'ethanol', 'alcohol'. It would be a bit weird to try to form a lujvo from se xukmi plus both "ink" and "rotting fruit". Or would it? Maybe that would absolutely and unambiguously zero in on the right chemical. Likewise for the chemical one smells (a) when opening a roll of 35mm film, and (b) in the breath or sweat of someone who is extremely deydrated. A German doctor told me it was [keton], which I took to be 'acetone'. So xukmrketoni, or else some perspicuous but fearfully complex lujvo of te kacma + djacu claxu remna + xukmi. --And.