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[ocelot]

Am I the only one who occassionally confuses lead with peanut butter?

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[lysandra.livejournal.com]

I don't remember having much peanut butter as a kid so I don't have a very strong association between pb and peanut butter.

Wikipedia says "Lead's symbol Pb is an abbreviation of its Latin name plumbum. The English word "plumbing" also derives from this Latin root."

That's how I remember it.

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't confuse them to the extent of actually thinking peanut butter is an element. I just see peanut butter at first glance, rather than lead.

[lysandra.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't mean actually thinking peanut butter being an element. In my mind, it's something like pb => plumbing => old pipes => lead, but doesn't lead to peanut butter. PBJ immediately makes me think of peanut butter and jelly though. Maybe I was just a nerdy little kid.