Martin,
I was thinking more of something in Xhosa, actually. Something that would evoke
the feelings of our distant ancestors as the crossed the parched African veldt
and sensed the oncoming rains.
Or perhaps rain smell will do.
Carl
> On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:38 pm, Martin Butterfield <> wrote:
>
> Carl
>
> Playing with English letters for the greek translations of a couple of words
> I came up with "neromyrodia" for "water scent". Would that suit you better?
>
> Martin
>
> Martin Butterfield
> http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> > On 2 Apr 2015, at 11:25 am, Stephen Ambrose <> wrote:
>> >
>> > I wonder if this is one of the cues birds use to direct them to
>> > high-rainfall areas, particularly in the arid zone?
>> >
>> > https://theconversation.com/the-smell-of-rain-how-csiro-invented-a-new-word-
>> > 39231
>> >
>> > Stephen Ambrose
>> > Ryde NSW
>> >
>> >
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