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(...) Don't you mean "spelled" ? ;^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, another person who pronounces it wrong. :^P I can't find anything in the dictionary that's spelled "Technic" and pronounced (tek-neek) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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(...) Except on most periodic tables, you'll see it spelt "Aluminium". Most dictionaries list one as a variant of the other. ROSCO (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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(...) How else would you pronounce aluminum? Can't be five syllables with only four vowels. ;-) Bruce (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I tend to think here in the "colonies" we have naturally evolved the language, and thankfully so. I cannot imagine eating "Bangers and Mash" or "Spotted Dick", or even worse smoking a "fag". I will take a little linguistic laziness anyday. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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