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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Hmmmm, well, my father-in-law - who has has multiple degrees in chemistry from Cal Tech and teaches chemistry - spells it aluminum. Nyahh, nyahh, nyahh! :-P And since you note both are listed, it kinda reduces you first comment's (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And just to add more useless information to this discussion, I threw both spellings at Google to see which spelling was more often used online: Aluminum: 1,560,000 Aluminium: 749,000 Both: 56,800 -JDF (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No use crying over spelt milk... ;) Jeff (follow-ups to o-t.pun) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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My God, header frenzy!: (...) Sure, those Cal Tech boys can rig up an RF unit to screw with the Rose Bowl scoreboard, but can they really spell...? It's like asking someone with a doctorate in pediatrics (paediatrics for the ANZAC/UK crowd) to take (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Okay, there. Pared down. Happy? :-) (...) That depends: engineers can't spell, scientists are better about it. (...) You can call me Al, but you don't need to call me Aluminium? (...) Nothing to make it a long U. The root word is Al-um, not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh quit cracking jokes. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) You don't want to get into a geology-based pun-fest with me or you may find yourself thrust-faulted in your orogenous zone. Grund Flet Admiral Entegummi (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Yeah, I guess I took things for granite. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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