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posted by [personal profile] sbisson at 06:27pm on 27/04/2004
Thunder is rumbling around South London, and the heavens have opened, cooling things down nicely after a busy day involving furniture construction, an interesting press event, and a hot afternoon's shopping for this year's summer wardobe...

But, as [livejournal.com profile] marypcb and I were walking back down the road from the tube station it was just starting to spit with rain, leaving us with a question that keeps coming back: what is it that makes that lovely smell of rain on warm pavements?
Music:: rain
Mood:: 'pleased' pleased
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posted by [identity profile] nmg.livejournal.com at 12:14pm on 27/04/2004

New Scientist had something about this on its back page (The Last Word) a few years ago. The upshot was that the smell is due to Streptomyces bacteria - you can read the full answer online.

 
posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 12:18pm on 27/04/2004
AKICILJ!

Thanks!
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posted by [identity profile] flickgc.livejournal.com at 12:50pm on 27/04/2004
Don't know about that, but the word is Petrichor (http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=petrichor)!
 
posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 01:04pm on 27/04/2004
You learn something new every day! [g]
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posted by [personal profile] muninnhuginn at 02:11pm on 27/04/2004
Darn! I thought I could be the clever sod to provide tha all-important word! Good word and even better smel.
 
posted by [identity profile] nmg.livejournal.com at 02:26am on 28/04/2004

If it weren't for the fact that petrichor is in the OED, I'd accuse you of making that word up.

Does this mean that the English language is now complete?

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posted by [identity profile] flickgc.livejournal.com at 02:31am on 28/04/2004
I must confess to having a similar thought when I heard the word, as well!

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