elements (was Re: The new Draseliq alphabet)

> > So, you think you suffer?  Pity the poor German chemistry student,
> > who must learn that Wasserstoff is symbolized H, Sauerstoff O,
> > and Stickstoff N!
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> At some point during the last 50 years or so, Norwegian has changed to
> mostly using the international names for these and a few other elements. =
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> Is this not the case with German?
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> Greetings,
> =D8rjan.
Nope.  The German names are better anyways as they include a description of
the element, in German and not in Latin.  Though Swedish names (v=E4te, syr=
e,
kv=E4ve, resp.) -- both descriptive and short -- are of course best of all =
;-)



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