Why N and not Kn?
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Perhaps your right! If you're right, then ignore the word element and change it to (any things in general). Does my point make a difference?
HowDoesTheHorseMove wrote: jabez_ariel wrote: If you discover an element, you call it anything you want. And make a 2 or 1 letter symbol thats unique to the rest. See what I mean?
Incorrect. Newly discovered elements are typically named according to their atomic numbers until such time as IUPAC can decide on an official name. For example, the 104th element was called unnilquadrium (un-nil-quad = 1-0-4) before IUPAC decided on the name Rutherfordium (after Ernest Rutherford).
Perhaps I'm mistaken there!
But I did say "the founder(s)" in this case IUPAC, is responsible for naming it! Dude whats your point?
If naming something and giving it a symbol have to follow a particular convention, so be it. No problem!
But still, they named it and gave it a symbol which is unique!
Since chess is an international game, there has to be a naming convention. Borrowing from Wikipedia (as I often do), "In the usual modern way of recording chess games, the letter N stands for the knight (K is reserved for the king); in descriptive chess notation, Kt is sometimes used instead, mainly in older literature. In chess problems and endgame studies, the letter S, standing for the German name for the piece, Springer, is often used, N instead being used for the popular fairy chess piece, the nightrider." N.B. A fairy chess piece is used in some of the various chess variant games.
Sep 4, 2020
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jabez_ariel wrote:
Same answer as why in chemistry, gold symbol is Au and not Go? Now tell me why is that?
If you're a founder or creator of something, you call it whatever you want.
Seriously? Gold is aurum in Latin, hence Au.
Sep 4, 2020
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It should be C for Chevalier, Caballero, Cavaliere, or Cavaleiro—or even Cavalier in English. I don’t actually think this, but I haven’t had my coffee yet.
I would also add that N alone has a pretty similar sound to "Kn" in "knight", making it easier both to tell it apart from the King (K) and to immediately call to mind the knight
jabez_ariel wrote:
Same answer as why in chemistry, gold symbol is Au and not Go? Now tell me why is that?
If you're a founder or creator of something, you call it whatever you want.
Yeah, that's true; but Au is used for Gold because it's derived from Aurum (Latin for gold). The Old English word for Knight is 'cniht' which was, as it was pronounced, 'Knight.' The main problem was that for modern notation, using two letters just felt 'odd'. Thus they changed it from Kt to N to make chess notation just a little bit 'cleaner'.
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Aadith-1000 wrote:
jabez_ariel wrote:
Same answer as why in chemistry, gold symbol is Au and not Go? Now tell me why is that?
If you're a founder or creator of something, you call it whatever you want.
Yeah, that's true; but Au is used for Gold because it's derived from Aurum (Latin for gold). The Old English word for Knight is 'cniht' which was, as it was pronounced, 'Knight.' The main problem was that for modern notation, using two letters just felt 'odd'. Thus they changed it from Kt to N to make chess notation just a little bit 'cleaner'.
At last he found out the truth. After so many years...