[TXnMA]

"silicone" is the stuffing for phony balloon boobs.

"silicon" is sand minus its oxygen -- a semimetallic, common semiconductor..

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Please refrain from leading our technical minds astray! '-)

[volunbeer]

Ouch - duly noted

What did you say? :)

[nathanbedford]

Thanks for the education, and the photo.

I guess I had always thought that the difference between silicone and silicon was simply a matter of regional pronunciation. I refer to the pronunciation because I dictate my replies and I simply dictated "silicone" and kept blithely on ignorant of what I was missing out on.