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Subject:	Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:21:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Santosh Bhat writes: > Is that metal Aloomenum (which I'm sure Americans are keeping secret from > the rest of the world) actually useful for anything? > > Santosh How else would you pronounce aluminum? Can't be five syllables with only four vowels. ;-) Bruce

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		Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
(...) 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)
Is that metal Aloomenum (which I'm sure Americans are keeping secret from the rest of the world) actually useful for anything? Santosh (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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