Nicholas Bodley wrote:

>Indeed. (You remind me of the spoofs about dihydrogen monoxide, btw.)
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That always bugged me. The idea of such a spoof is good, but the
terminology is needlessly verbose. It's just hydrogen oxide, plain and
simple. Hydrogen sulfide is H2S, hydrogen peroxide is H2O2, etc... No
need to be pedantic about it.

~mark