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by nostoc 1247 days ago
I also don't know anyone who refers to it as wolfram, but wolfram is all over the tungsten wikipedia page.
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The symbol is W, which stands for Wolfram. So everyone refers to it that way, at least initially.
That's gonna be people either in specialized areas, or non-native English speakers using their own words. I see British English spelling all over Wikipedia, for example, but I never see anyone in my actual life in the US use it except for one guy who is from, you can guess.