Flying SquidM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 years agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square185fedilinkarrow-up11.05K
arrow-up11.05KimageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldFlying SquidM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoaluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
minus-squareME0x01linkfedilink9•2 years agoWell have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoThe way british people say is “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” Instead of the correct way “ah-loo-min-um”
minus-squareVuraniutelinkfedilink1•2 years ago correct they’re different dialects, they’re both correct
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoBoth say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
minus-squaretygerprintslinkfedilink1•2 years agoBritish pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
aluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
Ask the Brits
Well have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium
The way british people say is “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” Instead of the correct way “ah-loo-min-um”
they’re different dialects, they’re both correct
Both say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
British pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.