On Thu, 05 May 2005 19:39:35 +0200, Hans van Dongen wrote:

Thomas Tornblom wrote:

And then there's potassium, K, which we, and the germans, call Kalium.

Yup, here in holland, too: Natrium - Na and Kalium - K

And Jodium - Iodine

Just "jod" in Swedish.

but also Waterstof ("water material" *) ) - Hydrogen

"Väte" which with some imagination may be linked to the
Swedish word for wet: "våt" or the associated verb: "väta".

and Zuurstof ("Acid material") - Oxygen

"Syre" in Swedish. Acid is "syra".

Stikstof ("suffocating material") - Nitrogen

"Kväve" here. Suffocate is "kväva".

or how about Koolstof ("Coal material") - Carbon

"Kol" which also means coal.

*) "stof": stuff, compound, material, dust

"Stoff"

What any of this has to do with audio is beyond me but I don't
care :-)

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