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[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

why call it sodium if its (Na) anyway?

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why call it silver when it's Ag anyway?

(we call it nátrium, but there's more to it than the periodic table name)

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Why call it gold when it's Au anyway ?

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

argentum would be cool name for it though, but yeah

Sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium sodium Batman!