Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
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I'm pretty sure they don't. They're pronouncing a different word for the same thing. Aluminium / Aluminum.I'd love to hear how anyone gets "E-uhm" from "um". Horrible.
yep, see my edit.I'm pretty sure they don't. They're pronouncing a different word for the same thing. Aluminium / Aluminum.
Aluminum was the original name given to the element by Humphry Davy but others called it aluminum and that became the accepted name in Europe. However, in the USA the preferred name was aluminum and when the American Chemical Society debated on the issue, in 1925, it decided to stick with aluminum.
Well that certainly clears everything up.-OZ- said:Aluminum was the original name given to the element by Humphry Davy but others called it aluminum and that became the accepted name in Europe. However, in the USA the preferred name was aluminum and when the American Chemical Society debated on the issue, in 1925, it decided to stick with aluminum.
Forgot to citeWell that certainly clears everything up.
I'm interested in your thoughts on 'cinnamon'.Galileo said:I always say Aluminuminuminum