As Tagore said, 'The goodly smell of rain on dry ground'. :-) Mandeep Bajwa Sent from my BlackBerry® on Reliance Mobile, India's No. 1 Network. Go for it! -----Original Message----- From: "cabradley" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:45:03 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] A new word! Hi Listers! With my NY Times on-line subscription I also get "V", a column devoted to the English language and the delights thereof. It is hosted by Ben Schott who has now added the Oxford Daily Lexeme to his team. And so, courtesy of Lexeme I learned the word Petrichor -- which the inaugural Daily Lexeme describes as: A pleasant, distinctive smell frequently accompanying the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather in certain regions. I was delighted to find that such a word even existed, and sent in a comment to the effect that in India this is the most wonderful and delicious smell on the earth when the monsoons begin in India. Did any of you know of this word? Look it up. It isn't old, either. Cheers, Claire ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message