[Scrambler Bob]

Now that you mention it, why is the last syllable of that column (group) of the periodic table pronounced “een”, except for Iodine.
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Probably related to the inventors’ girl friends’ names.

[P.O.E.]

Buddy of mine’s first wife was named “Eileen”. After his divorce, he started dating a woman named “Elaine”. I told him he was doomed to say the wrong thing at the wrong time.