Post #9159 by theandrewssister on Wed, Sep 25, 2002 4:03 AM

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"The"Dry" in "Dry Cleaning" is in reference to the absence of water in the process. In its place a number of different LIQUID toxic chemicals are used."
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...it's still an oxymoron, though -- the definition of "dry" in the Oxford Conhcise Dictionary is "free from moisture or liquid"; conversely, "wet" imeans "saturated with fluid", not just "saturated with water"...

(sorry, sorry, both off-topic and pedantic, I know -- and now, back to the bar)

[ Edited by: theandrewssister on 2002-09-25 04:12 ]