Poll

Is it said ALUMINUM, or is it said ALUMINIUM ?

Aluminum41%41% - 16
Aluminium58%58% - 23
You dont care, you just want to have your vote counted0%0% - 0
Total: 39
Rosse_modest
Member
+76|7026|Antwerp, Flanders

Sh1fty2k5 wrote:

Ha Aluminum sounds so wrong
I agree.
Rosse_modest
Member
+76|7026|Antwerp, Flanders

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

why does america have to be different from the rest of the world? colour and color, honour and honor. they are just so lazy that they even have to leave out one letter
It's probably the result of the mix in different peoples the US population was composed of. This probably led to the bastardization of the English they started out with. In the English course in high school teachers always tried to teach us the "English" pronunciation, which every1 found to be a lot more difficult than the flatout American sounds.
Rogness
The English Redneck
+10|7054|Plymouth, England
Being proper English an' all, I pronounce it "Ahh-loo-min-ium".  It's all about the "Ahh".  Silver spoon and all that!

I dig all the different English-English/US-English spellings, but can someone just tell me - where does "diaper" come from (sorry if I've spelt it wrong)?  We English call it a "nappy".

And "sidewalk"?  I stroll down the "pavement".  Don't get me wrong - I actually think "sidewalk" is better than "pavement" but just where does it come from?  It's no bastardisation, it's a whole new word!

And why do we have to put an "f" in Lieutenant?

Riddle me those...
J0hn.F.Kenedy
Member
+-1|7007|Longueuil
In Canada we call It A-Lu-Mi-Nium aluminum sound so wrong...
whittsend
PV1 Joe Snuffy
+78|7008|MA, USA

shaggyp wrote:

...when the u.s. patent office processed the patent for aluminum (yes, it can be patented as it is compounded alloy)...
Um, no it isn't.  It's an element.
the_outsider38
Microsoft Poster Child
+83|6944|Vancouver BC Canada
Over here in BC (west coast Canada for all you Americans out there, lol) were using Aluminum as the spelling for the most part, but either is acceptable just finished my Chem 12 so i got that table in my head.

Also I just went through this harassment course for work though and the people on the video pronounced it har-IS-ment, LOL.

Correct it is an Element, however it is rarely used in its pure form, its just too soft. He probably patented some form of an ALUMINUM alloy. Thank god for aluminum, how else would I plane whore?

Last edited by the_outsider38 (2006-02-08 11:44:56)

War Man
Australians are hermaphrodites.
+564|6964|Purplicious Wisconsin
It is pronounce aluminum but it is spelled aluminium.

2ndLt.Tucker wrote:

Bah if you want to get technical with languages then we should say it however the Germans say it. After all english derived for germanic languages.
almost every single language was put in the English language.
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
supa_fly52
Save a Mouse, Eat a Pussy
+8|7005|Gold Coast, Australia
Its A L U M I N I U M over here down under.
shaggyp
Member
+1|6973|Florida

whittsend wrote:

shaggyp wrote:

...when the u.s. patent office processed the patent for aluminum (yes, it can be patented as it is compounded alloy)...
Um, no it isn't.  It's an element.
perhaps i should have clarified... aluminum the element is very rarely used in it's pure form.  almost all aluminum used is combined with other metals to form varying alloys.  we still call most of these alloys aluminum (or aluminium). 
Cougar
Banned
+1,962|7014|Dallas
It's spelled ALUMINUINUMUM.

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