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Garbanzo@lemmy.world
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Two punches for calling it Aluminium

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bazus1@lemmy.world
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IKR I’m so glad I can pronounce Aluminum the right way.

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abraham_linksys@sh.itjust.works
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Us Americans are too excited about making stuff with our Uh-loo-min-um that we just skip pronouncing some of the vowels

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VonCesaw@lemmy.world
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Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things decided to name it Aluminium so it “matched” the likes of other metals like titanium, iridium, etc

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lud@lemm.ee
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And thanks for that. Aluminum is a stupid ass name.

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Let me guess: you pronounce GIF as Jif just because the creator is a peanut butter obsessed weirdo who couldn’t pronounce “graphics”?

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hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de
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Guy that named it called it Aluminum, Alumium, and Aluminium. Aluminium stuck, even in the US.

Then some weirdo types decided they were in charge of naming things in the US decided it needs to be Aluminum. It took them about 50-90 years to succeed.

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mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things

You can say “British” here

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Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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No, the guy who discovered it called it Alumium, after Alum. Both Aluminum and Aluminium were later constructions by journals on opposite sides of the pond.

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Nomecks@lemmy.ca
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'MINUM!

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