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Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em
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this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2025
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It is what it is. The US did not accept the THIRD name change. No one really knew about the first name. Aluminium appeared in the fucking dictionary ... but the US population ignored it and stayed with the second name.
Wikipedia is just citing old books ... the same old books people disregarded when they refused to use the new weird name.
Webster was an idiot and was trying to change hundreds of words and the population just wasn't having it. "Soop" instead of "Soup" was literally forced on the public, Aluminium, Dawter ... do we use those? No.
Wikipedia is simply wrong. Both spellings were never equally used. Even your post confirms this, the dudes patent said "Aluminium", but he used Aluminum instead because he liked it. This is how it was everywhere.
Ahh yes, Wikipedia is wrong, books on aluminium and scientific naming are also wrong, evidence..? trust me bro. Once again you keep the parts from Wikipedia you like, but discard facts counter to your point.
What's the point in engaging further, we've reached peak comedy. đ
Agreed. I have said people ignored the books and dictionary entries, the word Aluminium and MANY others never caught on. You just keep pointing to those books.
The US literally "noped" out of the word Aluminium and refused to use it. If Im wrong, then why arent we saying it today?