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Date: Tue Apr 23 21:50:23 1991
From: "Ivan Derzhanski" <cbmvax!uunet!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!iad>
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To: snark!cowan, lojban-list@snark.thyrsus.com
Subject: Re:  Chemical elements proposal (longish)
Status: RO

Just a question:

What criteria did an element have to meet in order to be assigned a gismu?

I'm surprised to see chlorine, cromium, nickel, neon and zinc on the list.
They are called just that in all European languages I c
an think of
(unlike gold, iron and sulphur, for example).

Ivan A. Derzhanski