Talk:Chem

message: I removed the following:
:::The words chemistry and alchemy may actually be derived from the word Khem. In one source [1] Khem has the meaning of black in ancient Egypt refering to black soil. In this way alchemy is accociated with black art, literary when you consider nigredo,  or its dark and secretive nature.
:::== References ==
* [1] Chemical History Tour, Picturing Chemistry from Alchemy to Modern Molecular Science Adele Droblas Greenberg Wiley-Interscience 2000 
This belongs on either the Chemistry or Alchemy articles (it already exists in the Alchemy article). It has absolutely nothing to do with the deity Khem [sic]. Furthermore, the supposed relation between the words chemistry and kmt (Egyptian for black) do not involve the misreading ḫm (the subject of this article). —Nefertum17 09:26, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chemistry 

message: ::: The word 'Khem' actually shows up in Egyptian records and religious references as referring to the black soil of the Nile.  The idea that it had anything to do with 'black-skinned people' is speculative and not really supported by the evidence.  The Egyptians had other words for the black races of Africa.  Matthew A.J.י.B. 07:47, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Khem

message: This article has got to be one of the worst I have seen. First of all, I have no idea what the main topic is. Secondly, Khem and Chem are not
:*the Egyptian word for black, and was usually used to describe the fertile soil surrounding the Nile
For that usage, see Kemet. And to be clear Khem (with /kh/ = Egyptian ḫm) is not at all related to kem (= Egyptian km) "Black", whence "Kemet".
Then we have another topic about "Chem" (ḫm) being an old (and wrong!!) reading for Min. That is all perfectly true, but the we have this nonsense:
:*Nethertheless, since Khem described the fertile soils, it was sometimes used as an epithet for Min, as the god of fertility. Consequently, the Khem that represented Egypt, Ham to the writers of the Bible, could be seen as symbolic also of sexuality.
So basically there is an initial error ("Chem"/"Khem"/ḫm = "kem"/km [black]) being compounded with another error (Khem/ḫm = Min), combined into one big error ("Chem"/"Khem"/ḫm = Min = "kem"/km [black]), followed by the even more preposterous equation with Hebrew "Ham" based purely on modern pronunciation of Hebrew!!! Basically this is just a gigantic perfect storm of a folk etymology. And most of it is also repeated in the Ham, son of Noah article as well.
On top of that, there is the side topic of some highly obscure usage of "chem" used on one person's podcast of highly dubious encyclopedic interest.
So could someone help me out and tell me what the topic of this article is and just how it can be "repaired"? Flembles 08:36, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, in June 2005 oneo fthe authors here whom I was having a dispute with, merged it with Min (god), and I reverted.  Then I soon realized I had made a mistake and told him here he could go ahead and perform the merge again, but he never did.  Maybe it's time to take a look at this more carefully to see if there is anything now that can be merged, and just redirect it to Min (god) again. ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 13:01, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total confusion