Aaron Chapman ([info]arono) wrote,
@ 2007-03-14 09:13:00
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Aqua?
Could someone explain to me why personal/hygienic products usually list Aqua in their ingredients rather than Water? Is water not exotic enough or something?

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[info]chemoelectric
2007-03-14 06:31 pm UTC (link)
It’s a way to make homeopathy sound scientific, and a way to make shampoo sound homeopathic. Neither sound is true to the facts.

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[info]arono
2007-03-14 06:46 pm UTC (link)
Hmm... I'm not sure how aqua sounds homeopathic. I'm also not sure I'd go as far as saying that homeopathy is unscientific, but that's another can of worms.

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[info]chemoelectric
2007-03-14 07:16 pm UTC (link)
Oh, well, I tried and fell on my face. I wonder why 'deionized water' needs to be euphemized, it already sounds cool.

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[info]elgrande
2007-03-14 07:03 pm UTC (link)
Wikipedia says it's deionised water.

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[info]arono
2007-03-14 07:11 pm UTC (link)
Interese! And here I thought I had already learned the lesson always to check Wikipedia first.

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[info]kvarko
2007-03-14 10:01 pm UTC (link)
I find it interesting which products says "salt" and which say "sodium chloride".

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[info]queerasmoi
2007-03-15 01:34 am UTC (link)
I suppose it's the same reason they say Yaletown and not the "Downtown Nearly-East Side" :P

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