Rumor has it that Tony Duell may have mentioned these words:
>> > > Or you can call it "Isopropyl alcohol" or just "rubbing alcohol"!
>> > > (But you want the 90+% stuff, NOT the 70%)
>> >
>> > But I don't think either of those are official convention.
>>
>> In spite of not being "official convention" (and sometimes not even
>> CORRECT), when telling somebody to get something, it just might be useful
>> to them to know what it is called at the places that they buy it.
>
>Unfortunately the 'local' names are just that. Local. I've never see
>anything called 'rubbing alcohol' for sale in the UK. I have seen it
>labelled isopropanol or propan-2-ol. Since this is an international list,
>it would seem to make sense to use the official name and then to look it
>up in a local chemical catalogue if necessary.
Although I agree with you totally, for many things there is *no*
international name. If you send anyone over to Wal-mart or K-mart for
isopropanol or propan-2-ol, they'll *never* find it. I've only ever seen
labeled is "rubbing alcohol" (which I'll admit is much too vague) or
"isopropyl alcohol" and the percentage (you can get 91% at Wal-mart, but
most places stock only the 70% AFAIK. (I'm looking at a bottle as I type)
Even under the ingredient listing (required by law in the US) it's
"isopropyl alcohol".
But it could be fun to go into Radio Shack and ask... ;-)
Over here, cars have "trunks" instead of "boots", "hoods" instead of
"bonnets", and I've even heard (but is unconfirmed) and there are some
things that are un-translatable, if you don't know the lingo beforehand...
Even "aluminum" is different, but I don't remember how different...
That's why it's helpful to know what it's called in various regions of the
world, or maybe someone could set up a database??? (I have access to a
ColdFusion server & PostgreSQL... :-)
That's Allz I know...
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Received on Wed Feb 20 2002 - 13:01:06 GMT