Comment on Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em

• Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yes, but when naming new things you typically go with… you know… the person that discovered and named it

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well they should have called it Ørstedium then, and people could refuse to call it that because nobody knows what Ø sounds like or how to type it.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      it’s simple! it’s like the i in stir, or the e in germ, or the u in turn, or the a in earth.

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      • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It actually would be a way cooler name for the element.

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