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Good job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world! (lemmy.world)

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[–] BoringHusband 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"Aluminium" anyone?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are you buying?

[–] EvolvedTurtle 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been really wanting to make a small forge to melt down some cans

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That would be pretty cool, honestly. Probably better than sticking it in the blue bin.

[–] Myavatargotsnowedon 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But they're almost all 'iums', changing just one is like finding a fly in a bowl of cereal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Molybdenum, lanthanum, tantalum, platinum, it’s not unique and not all got latinized.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/aluminum

And aluminum was what it was originally spelled as well, at this point it’s not going to change in American English. Even the IUPAC acknowledges it as accepted, it’s been there from the start can we move on past this after 200+ years?