Father Inire: teratoid

Son of Witz · 14 Dec 2010, 17:18 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:18:19 -0800
Subject: (urth) Father Inire: teratoid
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On Dec 14, 2010, at 7:14 AM, Mo Holkar <lists at ukg.co.uk> wrote:

> At 14:54 14/12/2010, Son of Witz wrote:
>> So, of course I'm trying to figure out what this teratoid symbol LOOKS like.
>> I see that it is mostly a medical term for monstrous abnormality and tumours and such., but I don't find associated symbols with an image search.
> 
> 
> There was a discussion about this on here a few years ago:
> http://lists.urth.net/htdig.cgi/urth-urth.net/2006-July/thread.html#6578
> 
> I wondered myself if it might be the biohazard sign; but it seems to me there's no clear evidence to support any specific theory.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Mo
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Thanks for that thread link, Mo.
The biohazard symbol DOES look monstrous, I'll agree.
~witz

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