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[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Two punches for calling it Aluminium

[–] abraham_linksys 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Us Americans are too excited about making stuff with our Uh-loo-min-um that we just skip pronouncing some of the vowels

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things decided to name it Aluminium so it "matched" the likes of other metals like titanium, iridium, etc

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

And thanks for that. Aluminum is a stupid ass name.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 5 points 2 months ago

As opposed to "Platinium"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Tantalium

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Guy that named it called it Aluminum, Alumium, and Aluminium. Aluminium stuck, even in the US.

Then some weirdo types decided they were in charge of naming things in the US decided it needs to be Aluminum. It took them about 50-90 years to succeed.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys 6 points 2 months ago

Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things

You can say "British" here

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

No, the guy who discovered it called it Alumium, after Alum. Both Aluminum and Aluminium were later constructions by journals on opposite sides of the pond.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Let me guess: you pronounce GIF as Jif just because the creator is a peanut butter obsessed weirdo who couldn't pronounce "graphics"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

couldn't pronounce "graphics"

That's not how acronym pronunciation works though. We don't pronounce them based on the words they stand for, otherwise we would pronounce NASA, SCUBA, LASER, etc. differently. Both pronunciations have valid arguments so why can't we just accept both and stop being weird about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Because I arbitrarily decided it's gif 13 years ago and anyone who says it the other way is wrong 😡😡😡

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

'MINUM!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

IKR I'm so glad I can pronounce Aluminum the right way.