Neti pot

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Tue Dec 20 01:26:29 UTC 2011


On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Neti pots are in the news due to two people dying from a bacterial infection from using them.
>
> The OED does not have the word "neti pot."

Cf. also

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_pot

My wife is a fan of the neti ([nEdi], in her pronunciation; I've never
heard this word spoken. by anybody else) pot. I've tried it. Didn't
like it.

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