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minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoaluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
minus-squaremaccentric@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoAsk the Brits
minus-squareME0x01@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoWell have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium
minus-squaretygerprints@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBritish pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
minus-squareEmperorHenrylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoBoth say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
minus-squareVuraniute@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago correct they’re different dialects, they’re both correct
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
British pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
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