• Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Good thing I speak French, it won’t ever get me confused. In French, iron is called “fer”. Also, copper is “cuivre”, which also matches its periodic table symbol of Cu. Same can be said for lead: “plomb”.

        Unfortunately, there’s quite a few that also don’t match the symbol, some aren’t even in English. I always hated how nitrogen is called “azote” in French.

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      4 months ago

      If they put “Fe” on it, too many people would boycott it for gendering the cereal.

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      4 months ago

      It’s latin for Female Iron. Remember everything was gendered in the world of Romantic Romans