• abraham_linksys@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

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

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        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

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          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.

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

        • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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          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.

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          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”?

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            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.

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