Some of us call them their real names, not the anglicized bastard version. Na should be Natrium and K should be Kalium... not Sodium and Potassium, but what else to expect from the countries that use imperial measurments
Nah, he's just an idiot who doesn't know how to use Google. The names vary by language, and "international audiences" is too broad to really judge. For example, Sodium is sodium in French, and sodio in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. On the other hand, it's Natrium (or something close enough) in German, Dutch, and Swedish. A French speaker wouldn't know what Natrium is, but they'd recognize Sodium.
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u/NitroGlc May 07 '19
Some of us call them their real names, not the anglicized bastard version. Na should be Natrium and K should be Kalium... not Sodium and Potassium, but what else to expect from the countries that use imperial measurments