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Good job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!(lemmy.world)

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BoringHusband@lemmy.world
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“Aluminium” anyone?

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TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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Are you buying?

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EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world
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I’ve been really wanting to make a small forge to melt down some cans

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TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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That would be pretty cool, honestly. Probably better than sticking it in the blue bin.

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Myavatargotsnowedon@lemmy.world
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But they’re almost all ‘iums’, changing just one is like finding a fly in a bowl of cereal

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mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org
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Molybdenum, lanthanum, tantalum, platinum, it’s not unique and not all got latinized.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/aluminum

And aluminum was what it was originally spelled as well, at this point it’s not going to change in American English. Even the IUPAC acknowledges it as accepted, it’s been there from the start can we move on past this after 200+ years?

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