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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 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!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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