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Metallurgy (lemmy.world)

Dgar Dgar @dgar@aus. social:

The adjective for metal is metallic.

Not so for iron, which is ironic.

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[-] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 48 points 11 months ago

Adjective for iron is ferric

Save a google search or two

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'd generally use "ferrous". I think both are correct interchangeably outside of chemistry.

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I think you might be referring to Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago. He prefers to be addressed as Mr. Froman.

[-] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wow, bravo good sir. Well done!

[-] YodaDaCoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I prefer iron-y.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

It's not ironic. It's just coincidental.

Now fork over those ladyfingers, cookie.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

The song Ironic contains a list of many things, none of which are ironic, making the song extremely ironic.

[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

And iron man is not female.

[-] vine@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[-] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

This post is ferrousey!

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

do you pronounce it "Eye-yern" or "Eye-run"?

[-] Tarkcanis@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Arn

Yes, I'm from the middle of nowhere.

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago
[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

It's so funny that people from Baltimore have approximately the same issue with that sentence as a shoeless hillbilly from Texas. I like those guys.

[-] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

now that's some eye-urny

[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago
this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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