Not only can I say saponification but I can actually do it. I'm an artisan soap maker.
Can I show you my dick now?
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I’m an artisan soap maker.
I don't believe you. You should absolutely post pics of your work.
EDIT: You're welcome, internet, for the 100% free range nerd sniped OC. When someone mentions they do something cool, get them to show you.
Charcoal soap.
Marijuana soap (made with post-extraction chaff. Very scrubby.)
A stack of various types of soap.
These are all lard soaps. We raised the pigs, rendered the lard, and saponified it to turn it into soap.
Wow, that's really fuckin cool. A scrubby weed soap sounds great. It looks like it would compare favorably against the Lush scrubby soaps which have the bits being too big.
We grind the chaff quite small. It is very scrubby. It's great if you have been working outside and your hands are really dirty.
Charcoal soap.
Oh my, that texture looks just extremely satisfying.
The texture of lard soap is very luxurious. We mix in a bit of olive oil and castor oil to improve the suds and hardness.
What is the purpose of charcoal soap?
We put tea tree oil in it. The hippy dippy crowd believe that its antiseptic and cleanses your body of toxins. That is, of course, weapons grade bullshit. It's black and it smells good
Also, I use extremely fine laboratory grade carbon powder which makes it slightly abrasive. It really cleans your hands nicely.
When someone mentions they do something cool, get them to show you.
This, 100%. Not only do you get to learn something or see something cool, you’re likely making the other person’s day.
Soponificatiom
I just pronounce it phonetically. It isn't my fault her language was designed by a few too many folks imbibing said saponification's results.
So you pronounce it 'suh-PON-uh-fuh-KAY-tee-on' ? I'm not sure how phonetical pronunciation is distinct in this context.
The person you are replying to has not considered the difference between phonetic and orthographic. Technically nothing written can be pronounced phonetically, or rather, everything pronounced is phonetic because once you are speaking it is no longer written word. One can transcribe phonetics to symbols and retransmit them at a later date but the words on the page are signifiers of sounds not the sounds themselves.
They just meant they read the word how they thought it should go.
Going the extra mile on this one.