John Brewer wrote:
>
> Katharine, kalium is the Latin name for potassium hence its chemical symbol
> K.
>
Ah, thank you. I daresay I knew that once, but it obviously didn't
stick, as opposed to a jingle for Cream of Wheat from the 1950s, which I
surprised my sister by singing to her on the phone this morning. It's a
mystery to me, the things we remember and the things we don't,
Katharine
Received on Sat Sep 10 13:39:54 2005
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