Ii don't see what's the matter with the Joycean 'rainsmell'.
John Leonard
On 2 April 2015 at 13:52, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> I would not be surprised. According to the article about petrichor on the
> CSIRO's web site, mammals seem to smell it.
>
> I have always found the smell of petrichor somewhat exciting. Perhaps it
> is hard wired into us. They could have coined a more romantic name, though.
> The ichor part reminds me of horror movies.
>
> Carl Clifford
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> > On 2 Apr 2015, at 11:25 am, Stephen Ambrose <>
> wrote:
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> > I wonder if this is one of the cues birds use to direct them to
> > high-rainfall areas, particularly in the arid zone?
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> >
> https://theconversation.com/the-smell-of-rain-how-csiro-invented-a-new-word-
> > 39231
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> > Stephen Ambrose
> > Ryde NSW
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