@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoHave mercy on our soulssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up11.05K
arrow-up11.05KimageHave mercy on our soulssh.itjust.works@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square166fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•edit-21 year agoThat’s what happened to aluminium. Sir Humphrey Davey came up with aluminum in 1812 but his peers decided it wasn’t classical sounding enough.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoI refuse to call it anything but Aluminum just for that. I find it insulting to Sir Humphrey Davey that his naming rights were basically stolen by someone completely unrelated.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoHe even called it “Alumium” before that, which I think is even better
That’s what happened to aluminium. Sir Humphrey Davey came up with aluminum in 1812 but his peers decided it wasn’t classical sounding enough.
I refuse to call it anything but Aluminum just for that. I find it insulting to Sir Humphrey Davey that his naming rights were basically stolen by someone completely unrelated.
He even called it “Alumium” before that, which I think is even better