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On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 02:10:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> * sourstuff -- oxygen (c.f. German “sauerstoff”)

fwiw hydrogen is Wasserstoff. Makes perfect sense. Burn hydrogen and you 
get water. No need to get fancy and involve the Greeks. iirc Strunk & 
White said to use good Anglo-Saxon words and avoid the fancy stuff.