DpwnShift comments on What petty hill will you die on?

What petty hill will you die on? (beehaw.org)

submitted 3 years ago by thrawn21@beehaw.org to c/chat@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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[–] DpwnShift@kbin.social 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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[–] tiggity@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Nanokindled@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] curiosityLynx@beehaw.org 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] Nanokindled@beehaw.org 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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