• @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            The fuck happened with that one. Its literally the same word, this isnt an aluminum vs aliminium situation where the namer was a fuck up and called it both so people flipped a coin. Fucking English spelling is ratfucked.

            • Tlaloc_Temporal
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              41 year ago

              No one has ever proposed “aliminium” for the name of the element.

              “Alumium” was the original, “Aluminum” and “Aluminium” were battled in American and British journals.

              • @Blue_Morpho
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                61 year ago

                British chemist Humphrey Davy named it alumium at first but immediately changed it aluminum. A journalist reporting on his discovery changed it to aluminium.

              • @Chickenstalker
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                21 year ago

                The -ium ending is the standard naming convention for elements, e.g., plutonium, natrium, kalium.

              • @[email protected]
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                21 year ago

                Fair enough, I guess I was just miss remembering. I thought he called it both multiple times and the US and Britain just said fuck it and went with one or the other.

      • voxel
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        yeah it’s Sphinx

        Sphinx of Black Quartz, Judge My Vow

      • OurTragicUniverse
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        I spelt ‘sphynx’ (sphinx) wrong, it’s saved that way in my phone for some reason and I wasn’t paying attention.

        Edit: Ah, yep just saw that comment with the cats. It’s because of cats.

        • Very_Bad_Janet
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          Ha. I have this saved in my phone (with the “Sphinx” spelling), too. I guess waiting for this.moment?

      • @[email protected]
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        You most definitely do your own research.

        Edit: This person was very right I was just joking jeez.

      • @Handrahen
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        11 year ago

        Veldt jinx grimps waqf zho buck

        • @jaybone
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          21 year ago

          It rolls off the tongue.

      • OurTragicUniverse
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        I even catch myself doing it out loud, on the rare occasion the word comes up.

        Fucking brilliant show. Still need to watch the film but part of me feels like doing so is admitting it’s over, so I’m going to keep putting it off for a bit I think.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          It’s a nice close to the whole thing. Plus you can then rewatch the whole thing again looking for how it subtly ties everything together.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          I understand that completely. I keep telling myself I’m going to rewatch the whole series, but I can’t quite bring myself to watch that final movie. Once I do, that’s it; there’s no more new VB.