Almost downvoted for extra syllables in aluminum. Yes, yes, I know it's spelt differently over there, but it irks me all the same.

We should protest by adding an extra syllable to something else. Something that gets under your skin, like forgoing woman for womanunum.

>> ^jonny:

Almost downvoted for extra syllables in aluminum. Yes, yes, I know it's spelt differently over there, but it irks me all the same.


That's really bizarre to me, as I HATE hearing it said aluminum... being that it's wrong and all

The guy who discovered it was English, but he took three tries to settle on a name. The US really only slowly turned to using the spelling you lot do know.

You funny yanks you.

Also, I refuse to take scientific correctness lessons from a country that still uses imperial.

Did you fail to notice how I spelled 'spelt'?

And touché on the imperial system. I learned the metric system in grade school because the US was supposed to start transitioning. That was the 1970s.

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^jonny:
Almost downvoted for extra syllables in aluminum. Yes, yes, I know it's spelt differently over there, but it irks me all the same.

That's really bizarre to me, as I HATE hearing it said aluminum... being that it's wrong and all
The guy who discovered it was English, but he took three tries to settle on a name. The US really only slowly turned to using the spelling you lot do know.
You funny yanks you.
Also, I refuse to take scientific correctness lessons from a country that still uses imperial.