Yanks and Aussies.

[Melclin]

Not here its not.

This is an old argument stemming back to an issue of nomenclature when the element was isolated. The guy who named it was to dumb to realise the naming conventions at the time and named it incorrectly when he published his work. It was pointed out to him immediately but the issue remains to this day.

Until about 100 years ago the correct aluminium pronunciation was common in America until some idiot decided it was simpler to drop a syllable- returning to the incorrect pronunciation- for marketing purposes. Sigh.

 

[downunderwunda]

Until about 100 years ago the correct aluminium pronunciation was common in America until some idiot decided it was simpler to drop a syllable- returning to the incorrect pronunciation- for marketing purposes. Sigh.

But isnt that typical? we used to speel words differently until the Americans were too lazy to put the extra letter in, such as in Haemhorrage. Most medical terms come from Latin. I say most because again, the Americans had decided that the use of Dys- was too difficult & opted instead for A-.

B a s t a r d i s a t i o n of the English (yes it is still the English, not American) Language will continue, but we know where the language came from.