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Name of sodium (Na) in every European country (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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(I did not make the map, the typo is not my doing.)

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[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Is that why potassium is K on the periodic table?

And now that I think about it, sodium is Na..

Damnit, our educational system has been telling us we are wrong the whole time! Sneaky bullshit!

[–] infeeeee@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Berzelius was an asshole. Antimony is Antimon* in most languages, even in German, but he chose Sb from Latin stibium

Found one more, with a similar double name, but there he used at least the German name: Tungsten (W) is Wolfram in German

[–] DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There are also Sn (Stannous) for Tin, Pb (Plumbum) for Lead, Fe (Ferrum) for Iron, Hg (Hydrargyrum) for Mercury, Au (Aurum) for Gold and Ag (Argentum) for Silver.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Those are just the Latin names for already known elements. Not quite the same difference imo.