Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 10 months agoWhat the hell! Let's all just go crazy!imagemessage-square195arrow-up11.07Karrow-down111
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minus-square@LemmyKnowsBestlink4•10 months agoaluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
minus-squareME0x01link9•10 months agoWell have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium
minus-squaretygerprintslinkfedilink1•10 months agoBritish pronounce it, “Alum-inium.” With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-2•10 months 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•10 months agoBoth say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
minus-squareVuraniutelinkfedilink0•10 months 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