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L O W L A N D S - L * 10 August 2006 * Volume 01
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From: Heather Rendall <HeatherRendall at compuserve.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.08.08 (01) [E]

Message text written by INTERNET:lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET
>One of them I found in Van Dale Etymologisch woordenboek:
"doop [sauce, gravy, but in the meaning of a lubricating liquid, and more
specially a mixture of tar, resin, oil, gunpowder for _fireworks_". I am
not
an expert in the field at all, but it looks more like napalm to me. Anybody
here with pyrotechnical skills who can help me out?<

Early planes made of material were 'doped' to make the material stiff and
water resistant. Aircraft dope gives off fumes which might be akin to
gluesniffing if those dedicated mechanics, who painted the planes with
dope, had known about mind-altering substances.

Could there be a connection here?

Heather

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From: 'jonny' <jonny.meibohm at arcor.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.08.08 (02) [D/E]

Hi, Piet en Frank,

> > The second problem I don't understand concerns dope used in horse races,
> a
> > mixture based upon _opium_ and other narcotics. I thought opium was
> mainly
> a
> > sedative, and not something that could be used to stimulate the
> performance
> > of a racing horse

> In de paardenraces wordt geen _dope_ gebruikt net als bij het wielrennen
> en
> allerlei andere sporten en dus bestaat dat niet.;-)

Nee??? - man mennigmool waard inderdaad Mediziin, ouk woll Opium, geeven teygen
Piin, Zeehr, wenn eyn Peerd "lahmen" (kreupeln??) (to limp) deyht. Is ouk
illegaal, glööv ick, un amend ne goud föör jemmer Gezondheyd.

Greutens/Regards

Johannes "Jonny" Meibohm

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From: 'Global Moose Translations' <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.08.08 (02) [D/E]

Piet Bult wrote:
>Zoek het vooral - net als bij wielrennen en
>o.a. atletiek - in de toediening van hormonen. Nee, dit zullen toch geen
>Nederlandse uitvindingen zijn? Kunnen we niet iemand anders aanwijzen?

Maar zeker wel, Piet...

I am pretty sure that "dope" is short for the hormone dopamine, which also
acts as a neurotransmitter. Many mind-altering drugs affect the dopamine
balance in your body.

Quoting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine (for more information, read
the whole article - it is lengthy and very informative):

Dopamine is commonly associated with the pleasure system of the brain,
providing feelings of enjoyment and reinforcement to motivate proactively
perform certain activities. Dopamine is released (particularly in areas such
as the nucleus accumbens and striatum) by naturally rewarding experiences
such as food, sex, use of certain drugs and neutral stimuli that become
associated with them. This theory is often discussed in terms of drugs (such
as cocaine and amphetamines), which seem to be directly or indirectly
related to the increase of dopamine in these areas, and in relation to
neurobiological theories of chemical addiction, arguing that these dopamine
pathways are pathologically altered in addicted persons. However, cocaine
and amphetamine influence separate mechanisms of action.

Gabriele Kahn

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