Moly: animal, mineral or vegetable?
The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 25 Feb 1997
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Kieran Cleary — 25 Feb 1997, 17:22

Mantis,

> You wrote:
> Easy now.  You've confused Moly and Maggie! (See lists, IV.)  The
> handy mneumonic is to remember that "Moly" is the magic herb
> (sweetheart of Hammerstone), Maggie is the metal.

I'm new to the mailing list, so ignore this is someone has already 
pointed it out. Moly may be a magic herb, but it's the diminutive of 
Molybdenum which is also a (transition) metal, no. 42 in periodic 
table, and thus a suitable chem name.

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