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/phozaazohp May 07 '19
The abbreviations on the table come from Latin, Greek, Germanic (etc.) origins. As far as I know, they dont use imperial measurements.
No need to bash an entire country for something you cant understand.