At 10:53 AM 7/28/2009, Robert Fisher wrote... >Good grief. > >"LOL. Anytime a wiki is cited as an authority, >the argument has been lost." >- Mike S Where did I claim it to be authoritative? I presented it as an example of usage. Wikipedia was simply the first Google hit appropos to the usage. If you want authoritative, there's the American Heritage Dictionary: liquid glass –noun sodium silicate. - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liquid%20glass Or, if you want both an authoritative reference and an example of non-US usage, here's from a manufacturer's site in India: "Sodium Silicate Solution Also known as water glass or liquid glass..." - http://www.krishnaphoschem.com/sodium-silicate-solution.html |
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