What petty hill will you die on?
What petty hill will you die on?
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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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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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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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.
Can't have the cake and eat it too afterall.
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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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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
Except it does have those letters ;)-
We spell it different too!? I literally thought it was spelled "aluminum" the world over! My opinion may do a 180 on this one...
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This is just a British vs. American English difference, like gray/grey.
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Aluminum came before aluminium.
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