From jcowan@reutershealth.com Mon Nov 05 09:17:47 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 5 Nov 2001 17:17:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 33580 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2001 17:17:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 Nov 2001 17:17:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (204.243.9.36) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Nov 2001 17:17:42 -0000 Received: from reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[192.168.3.11]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA07407; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:18:52 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3BE6CA3B.9000901@reutershealth.com> Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 12:19:55 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.5) Gecko/20011012 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: And Rosta Cc: "Lojban@Yahoogroups. Com" Subject: Re: [lojban] name of smells/chemicals References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan And Rosta wrote: > 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'. I can't find its exact name, but it surely is an ester of some kind. > 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'. Acetone is a ketone, but I don't think it's the relevant one, as acetone is rather toxic. Probably some random mix of larger ketones. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel