@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 10 months agoGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up11.32K
arrow-up11.32KimageGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.world@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoI’ve been really wanting to make a small forge to melt down some cans
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoThat would be pretty cool, honestly. Probably better than sticking it in the blue bin.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoBut they’re almost all ‘iums’, changing just one is like finding a fly in a bowl of cereal
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-210 months agoMolybdenum, 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?
“Aluminium” anyone?
Are you buying?
I’ve been really wanting to make a small forge to melt down some cans
That would be pretty cool, honestly. Probably better than sticking it in the blue bin.
But they’re almost all ‘iums’, changing just one is like finding a fly in a bowl of cereal
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?