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[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Aluminum is one where I think Americans have it correct. The British chemist who isolated it wanted to call it alumium, but it didn’t fit with the Latin-derived naming schemes of elements used at the time. Someone else suggested “aluminium”, where as the guy who isolated it went with “Aluminum”. So I say we stick with aluminum, or go to alumium cuz it sounds cool.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

alumium sounds like onions

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Both are accepted as legitimate by the scientific community so it's pretty much the reason why America still calls it Aluminum.

[–] hondacivic@lem.sabross.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

"Alumium" would definitely be more correct than "aluminum", since it's spelled "aluminium" in the vast majority of languages across the world.