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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread oops! #89374 12/13/02 07:17 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,561 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA You're right, of course. Alkali. (I've been tending to make that misspelling for decades now!) And yes, the alkalis are basic as opposed to acids which are acidic. I still want "lye" to have been named for alkali...it would be so right. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted a question of nutrition wwh 12/12/02 08:17 PM Re: a question of nutrition AnnaStrophic 12/12/02 08:43 PM Re: a question of nutrition wwh 12/12/02 09:04 PM Re: a question of nutrition of troy 12/13/02 04:27 PM Re: a question of nutrition wofahulicodoc 12/13/02 04:33 PM Re: a question of nutrition AnnaStrophic 12/13/02 06:52 PM Re: Base Faldage 12/13/02 07:13 PM Re: Base AnnaStrophic 12/13/02 07:17 PM Re: Base Jackie 12/14/02 02:50 PM Re: Base Faldage 12/14/02 03:03 PM oops! wofahulicodoc 12/13/02 07:17 PM Re: oops! Faldage 12/13/02 07:24 PM Re: alkali wwh 12/13/02 07:55 PM Re: a question of nutrition Faldage 12/13/02 04:39 PM Re: a question of nutrition birdfeed 12/13/02 04:54 PM Re: a question of nutrition wwh 12/13/02 05:20 PM Re: a question of nutrition of troy 12/16/02 05:06 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 787 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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