In a message dated 12/24/2004 4:53:19 AM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
> Hi Art, > > He is probably a very nice guy and your translation sounds much better, I > was just thinking that "Devilsdung" described the way the phono he bid on > appears, at least to me he described the phono. > > Actually, his bid seems to have lets some credibility to the phono. > > Steve Devil's Dung is also a nickname for Asefoetida- an extremely powerful smelling (stinking?) medicinal gum used as a stomach remedy and an ingredient in eastern cooking. It tastes much better than it smells. Eric Stott That's true Eric, I got the translation of Devilsdung from the internet and the alternative translation was indeed Asefetida or Asefoetida. I'm always amazed at how much there is to learn about phonos and how far and wide the information can lead us. That's certainly a wierd machine, anyway. ---Art Heller
