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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/07/2014 16:56, DAVID STOCKHOFF
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<div><span>Perhaps, but you certainly wouldn't expect him to
call it "mercury." Way too many conflicting associations
there. And I doubt there would be a common term for it
anyway---who would have it sitting around the house<br>
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I'd say he might have considered 'quicksilver' but 'hydrargyrum'
sounds better.<br>
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- Gerry Quinn<br>
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