Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down111
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minus-squareEmperorHenrylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoAnd pronounce aluminum the wrong way too. And pronounce the letter H incorrectly! Why not?
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 months agoaluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
minus-squaretygerprints@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoBritish pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·7 months agoAsk the Brits
minus-squareME0x01@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoWell have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium
minus-squareEmperorHenrylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months agoThe way british people say is “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” Instead of the correct way “ah-loo-min-um”
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoBoth say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
minus-squareVuraniute@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months ago correct they’re different dialects, they’re both correct
And pronounce aluminum the wrong way too.
And pronounce the letter H incorrectly! Why not?
aluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
British pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
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”
Both say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
they’re different dialects, they’re both correct