"CHON is an mnemonic acronym for the four most common elements in living organisms: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. These four elements are also notable for being the least massive (and having the lowest atomic number) in their group in the periodic table."
- Wikipedia
I was told it had roots in the Korean language. I'm going to have to tell my parents that we are in fact molecular, not Korean.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The meaning of Chon.
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I never knew that!! I always did feel non-Korean... No wonder!? I'm molecular, not Korean nor Korean-American~ Thanks Sean-Mon, I've been enlightened by my own son to the profound KOAN: "who am i"? So proud to be your mom ;)
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