Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 1 year agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!imagemessage-square194arrow-up11.07Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 1 year agomessage-square194
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoAnd pronounce aluminum the wrong way too. And pronounce the letter H incorrectly! Why not?
minus-square@LemmyKnowsBestlink4•1 year agoaluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
minus-squaretygerprintslinkfedilink1•1 year agoBritish pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
minus-squareME0x01link9•1 year agoWell have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-2•1 year agoThe way british people say is “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” Instead of the correct way “ah-loo-min-um”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoBoth say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
minus-squareVuraniutelinkfedilink0•1 year 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