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2 hours ago, SteveStrummerUK said:

Tom Lehrer - The Elements

He can't pronounce aluminium properly.

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10 minutes ago, Wibbles said:

He can't pronounce aluminium properly.

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The American Chemical Society (ACS) officially adopted aluminum in 1925, but in 1990 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) accepted aluminium as the international standard. And so we land today: with aluminum used by the English speakers of North America, and aluminium used everywhere else.

 

Posted (edited)
22 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

And so we land today: with aluminum used by the English speakers of North America, and aluminium used everywhere else.

Exactly.

Americans can neither spell nor pronounce aluminium properly.

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Superfluous apostrophe irony - © Strummy
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2 minutes ago, Wibbles said:
17 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

And so we land today: with aluminum used by the English speakers of North America, and aluminium used everywhere else.

Exactly.

American's can neither spell nor pronounce aluminium properly.

Superfluous apostrophe irony?

 

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