Deep Drops Of Profound Profundity
Nov. 1st, 2005 05:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Unilquadium, equilibrium, tetradotoxin...ium...
Look at the ingredient list of just about any haircare product or washing powder you'd care to name, and you'll notice catchy pseudo-Latin names.
Interesting, isn't it, that when a scientific labcoat character says things ending in "um" it sounds clever, while a public speaker ending with "um" sounds a bit thick?
Look at the ingredient list of just about any haircare product or washing powder you'd care to name, and you'll notice catchy pseudo-Latin names.
Interesting, isn't it, that when a scientific labcoat character says things ending in "um" it sounds clever, while a public speaker ending with "um" sounds a bit thick?