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Old 03-06-2008, 09:52 AM
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Yes. A group of ad men get together and think up all the dumb names.

edit: I am not referring to the chemical name but the trade name, and yes the do just make up trade names. The guy below me picked a lousy example and is wrong besides that. Aspirin is Salicylic acid. Aspirin actually is an old trade name.
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