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[-] VonCesaw@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things decided to name it Aluminium so it "matched" the likes of other metals like titanium, iridium, etc

[-] lud@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And thanks for that. Aluminum is a stupid ass name.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

As opposed to "Platinium"

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago

Guy that named it called it Aluminum, Alumium, and Aluminium. Aluminium stuck, even in the US.

Then some weirdo types decided they were in charge of naming things in the US decided it needs to be Aluminum. It took them about 50-90 years to succeed.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things

You can say "British" here

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

No, the guy who discovered it called it Alumium, after Alum. Both Aluminum and Aluminium were later constructions by journals on opposite sides of the pond.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Let me guess: you pronounce GIF as Jif just because the creator is a peanut butter obsessed weirdo who couldn't pronounce "graphics"?

[-] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

couldn't pronounce "graphics"

That's not how acronym pronunciation works though. We don't pronounce them based on the words they stand for, otherwise we would pronounce NASA, SCUBA, LASER, etc. differently. Both pronunciations have valid arguments so why can't we just accept both and stop being weird about it.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because I arbitrarily decided it's gif 13 years ago and anyone who says it the other way is wrong ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก

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