• @RGB3x3
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    61 year ago

    Kinda seems like there was a typo and it just stuck.

    • @psud
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      41 year ago

      It was called aluminum for a long time universally. Everyone else changed to aluminium when it was discovered to be an element and was renamed to meet the naming scheme of the time

      America kept the old word. I’m half surprised America doesn’t call gold aurium

      • @AtmaJnana
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        41 year ago

        Is the word only ever written in the one textbook, then?

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Im saying that it’s not a typo if the creator of a word spells it a certain way multiple times in a book. They clearly meant to spell it that way when they were writing the book.

          • @AtmaJnana
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            41 year ago

            As i read it, in the commenter’s scenario, it is the extra “i” that would be the typo.