Re: Periodic Table in conlang

From: "Padraic Brown"

> A while back, discussion led to element names and the PT in our
> conlangs.
In light of this discussion, I searched for and came up with a post-it note
from a *long* time ago. It reads like this:

-shars: O H F N Ne
-körs:  B C S
-vers: K L Na Mg Be

which means I, not a scientist, did some marginal research way back when
and, as a layman, came up with some esoteric distinctions (which I no longer
remember, and will need to recall when I take this system to its logical
conclusion). The point being, whatever the colloquial form, ("carbon", for
example, is "übçens"), there is a scientific form tied into the periodic
table and its atomic number ("carbon" is "rhalkörs"; "six" plus whatever
"-körs" means). I would imagine that there is no distinction in the more
arcane elements like "Californium", but elements experienced in everyday
life ("hydrogen" is "pörhals" colloquially, but "sírshars" ("one" plus
whatever "-shars" means)) will have two forms. Géarthçins high school
students will thank me, as they memorize the PT.

Kou

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