OT Ecsaine

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:02:19 +0100


Phillip Ford wrote:
> The correct spelling is Ecsaine. The popular, though incorrect, spelling on
> this list has been Escaine. No, I don't know how that got started. ...
> Del
> 
> Perhaps it's because Escaine sounds less like a skin disease that 
> Ecsaine.  Who dreams up these names anyway? (They're likely insaine.)
> 
> Phil F
>


Interesting theory... I thought it was because it was a french product 
that was accidently stumbled upon whilst working on a method for 
producing synthetic snails.

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