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From: phoogenb@liberty.uc.wlu.edu (Peter Hoogenboom)
Subject: Re: Eskimo vocabulary hoax
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Hedbanger (hedbangr@hooked.net) wrote:
: rabuzzi@patch.tandem.com (Matthew Rabuzzi) wrote:

: >How about "molten ice", "snow lava", "disevaporated steam"?

: Or condensed steam...

:  Dew! There we go! There is another word for water.

But these words are not words for H2O.  Thye are words for liquid H2O.  
H2O comprises ice and water vapor as well as water.

Peter

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