In message <[email protected]>, 
dated Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Gert Gremmen <[email protected]> 
writes:

>Slightly off-topic, but what exactly was
>the function of the "pottery capacitor"
>that I found in he part list of one of
>the far east origine EUT's.....

It's a simple mistranslation; the correct word is 'ceramic', of course. 
'Pottery' is quite common, probably because shorter dictionaries don't 
include $10 words like 'ceramic'; I've also seen 'earthenware'!
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