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[-] psud@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

It was called aluminum for a long time universally. Everyone else changed to aluminium when it was discovered to be an element and was renamed to meet the naming scheme of the time

America kept the old word. I'm half surprised America doesn't call gold aurium

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