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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (1107)4/7/1998 10:21:00 AM
From: Achilles  Read Replies (1) of 4710
 
>> The British put an extra syllable in aluminum, so that it comes out al-yoo-MIN-i-um. Ridiculous, but
they do it.<<

Actually, the British spell it as they pronounce it, 'aluminium'. A good friend of mine, an Englishman who worked for Alcan (!) as a metallurgist for years, insisted that 'aluminum' was a misspelling.
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