The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 4 months agoYou can feel how cathartic this must have been for someonelemmy.worldimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSternhammer@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWeird that Americans want to go with Aluminum when there’s also Americium, Berkelium, and Californium. Not to mention Deuterium, Helium, Iridium, Lithium, etc…
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI think most of us actually prefer the British spelling / pronunciation. But it is what it is.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAlumium came before that! …shoulda just left it at that.
Aluminum came before aluminium.
Weird that Americans want to go with Aluminum when there’s also Americium, Berkelium, and Californium. Not to mention Deuterium, Helium, Iridium, Lithium, etc…
I think most of us actually prefer the British spelling / pronunciation. But it is what it is.
Alumium came before that!
…shoulda just left it at that.