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[-] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Drive-thru

Hi-way

Tonite

Rite

These spellings are extremely pervasive at my workplace and they drive me nuts. Granted, many people there are non-native English speakers. But that just means the people teaching them English are doing it wrong.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Do you spell "to-day" with a hyphen too? Because that's how it used to be, therefore it is correct

[-] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago
[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If we're going to be consistent with other elements, it should be Aluminum, that way it matches Molybdenum and Platinum, the only 2 other elements ending in "um" (please don't check this).

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