Your very link shows both.
I met a guy while visiting Cannes for a week or so--this was about every 3 words out of his mouth. Good times at the bar those evenings.
I get that. But aluminium is a correct spelling, and we pronounce it as such.
Brits like to go outside and blow a i love you every once in a while to reduce stress.
Wrong. Why would you assume?
aluminum (n.)
1812, coined by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), from alumina, name given 18c. to aluminum oxide, from L. alumen "alum" (see alum). Davy originally called it alumium (1808), then amended this to aluminum, which remains the U.S. word, but British editors in 1812 further amended it to aluminium, the modern preferred British form, to better harmonize with other metallic element names (sodium, potassium, etc.).
Assume what?
You assuming aluminium is the correct spelling?
As much as I hate to admit it, as an aluminum enthusiast, aluminium does make more sense.I get that. But aluminium is a correct spelling, and we pronounce it as such.
As much as I hate to admit it, as an aluminum enthusiast, aluminium does make more sense.
Lithium, uranium, tritium, beryllium, seaborgium, phosphorusium....:hmm:
As much as I hate to admit it, as an aluminum enthusiast, aluminium does make more sense.
Lithium, uranium, tritium, beryllium, seaborgium, phosphorusium....:hmm:
I just wish there was an element that started with "ium."You forgot platinium and molybdenium; although I guess with British gun laws they don't have to worry about getting a .357 magnium round in their sternium or tympanium.
Calling chips, crisps.
And why do yanks call burgers from McDonalds sandwidges?!
It's a fucking burger!
That's a sandwidge!
That's a burger!
It's real simple people!
Bollocks - This is a great English word with many excellent uses. Technically speaking it means testicles but is typically used to describe something that is no good (that's bollocks) or that someone is talking rubbish (he's talking bollocks). Surprisingly it is also used in a positive manner to describe something that is the best, in which case you would describe it as being "the dog's bollocks". Englishmen who live in America take great delight in ordering specialised registration plates for their cars using the letters B.O.L.L.O.X. Good eh?
ah heck - This is another fairly unique word with no real American equivalent. Like bloody it has many uses apart from the obvious dictionary one pertaining to rather unusual sexual habits. My father was always shouting "ah heck" when he was working in the garage or garden. Usually when he hit his thumb or dropped a nail or lost something. Today we might use the sh** or the f*** words but ah heck is still as common. The fuller version of this would be "ah heck it". It can also be used to tell someone to get lost (ah heck off), or to admit defeat (we're buggered) or if you were tired or exhausted you would be buggered. You can also call someone a ah heck. When I won £10 on the lottery my mate called me a "lucky ah heck".
You guys [Americans] spell heaps of shit incorrectly, colour, grey etc, but we don't hasstle you about it.
And why do yanks call burgers from McDonalds sandwidges?!
It's a fucking burger!
That's a sandwidge!
That's a burger!
It's real simple people!