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Old 11-05-2004, 21:18   #92
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Re: Did you know ?
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Originally Posted by danielf
And the village is Ytterby. The elements Erbium, Terbium, Yttrium and Ytterbium. I know, I'm sad, but I was intrigued and looked it up...
OK, time for some real anoraking. Ytterby is pronounced something like 'ooterbee' and it means something like 'outer village' (remember all those place names in the north ending in 'by' that were named by the Vikings).
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