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What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)
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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (9 children)

As a science enthusiast, until the US stops using the "Alu-min-um" pronunciation, I refuse to spell Sulphur as "Sulfur", even if it is part of IUPAC.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    As an American, I would just like to say that "aluminium" is better than "aluminum" because it matches the -ium suffix of most other elements.

    But I am gonna have to disagree with you on the sulfur/sulphur debate. We already got shit like naphthalene and phenolphthalein to worry about spelling, i don't need any more spurrious "ph"s when a nice simple "f" will do just fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    Oh I do think it's simpler, I just disagree on the principle of conceding our cooler spelling of Sulphur to the US version when the US still refuses to use the proper Aluminium pronunciation (which is also the official IUPAC pronunciation BTW)

    Can't have the cake and eat it too afterall.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    But there's not another vowel between the 'n' and the 'u', why would you pronounce it "AL-yoo-MINI-um"!?

    It's similar to people who pronounce nuclear "nuke-yoo-lar", those extra letters just aren't in the word!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
    Except it does have those letters ;)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This is just a British vs. American English difference, like gray/grey.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's also how the rest of the world spells that element.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Well, no, it's how the parts of the world that speak British English spell it, plus countries that borrowed it directly as a loanword from BE (most of the EU). In Russia it's алюминий, in Egypt it's الألومنيوم, in Italian it's alluminio, Turkish it's aluminyum, etc.

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