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Originally Posted by WebSlave
Speaking of things I don't understand, are Americans the only people in the world who don't pronounce A L U M I N U M as A L U M I N I U M?
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In the UK (and most UK influenced countries I've been in) it's spelt and pronounced A L U M I N I U M
For some reason the US dropped an I (or the UK added one, I'm not sure which way it went).
I have fun with it when teaching SCUBA to US students as we use Aluminium tanks. I regard it as cultural education.
