Quote Originally Posted by Matthias2207 View Post
I do. Well, in chemistry class anyway. It's easier to find in the tables if you just call it how the tables call it. So Hg is hydrargyrum, not mercury. Even quicksilver makes more sense than mercury. It looks like silver, it's quick, but what has it to do with mercury? Nothing.
I'm pretty sure it's all the alchemist's fault. In short, mercury is named after Mercury because Mercury got named after Mercury and yo dawg...