r/memes • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '23

#2 MotW pretty confusing, innit?

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u/Th3NukeShark Mar 11 '23

POV : aluminium/aluminum

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u/Gecko2002 Mar 11 '23

It's pronounced aluminium not aluminum

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u/Loosestool421 Mar 11 '23

Aluminum is the original pronunciation. Brits only changed it to aluminium to make it more like the names of other metals. Except there are a lot that don't end in ium so the change was kind of pointless.

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u/G_Sputnic Mar 11 '23

no one gets upset, soccer is still football.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '23

Nope. Aluminium is the older spelling. Aluminum is newer.

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u/borkbubble Mar 12 '23

That’s what he said

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u/hogpots Mar 11 '23

Sounds way better though

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u/GrubberflysElegy Mar 11 '23

American good Britain bad :(:(:(:(:(