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You can feel how cathartic this must have been for someone (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Also: Aluminium.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Aluminum came before aluminium.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Alumium came before that!

...shoulda just left it at that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Weird that Americans want to go with Aluminum when there’s also Americium, Berkelium, and Californium. Not to mention Deuterium, Helium, Iridium, Lithium, etc..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I think most of us actually prefer the British spelling / pronunciation. But it is what it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If we're going to be consistent with other elements, it should be Aluminum, that way it matches Molybdenum and Platinum, the only 2 other elements ending in "um" (please don't check this).