Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em

Pronounce 'bottle of water' right now OP

Platinium

Goldium

Silverium

Leadium

Aluminum was the original name, YOU GUYS HAD TO GO AND CHANGE IT

We say it the original correct way in the US. Other countries changed it for some reason. The guy that discovered it in 1808, Sir Humphrey Davy named it "Alumium" which based on Alumen (Latin for bitter salt)but quickly changed it to "Aluminum". I swear I remember reading that he kept getting shit on by the science community and his friends for naming a metal "bitter salt" in Latin ... but can't find a reference.

His colleagues in Britain did mess with him and start using the name "Aluminium" ... exactly because it ended in "ium" like ALL the other elements (Oxygenium, Carbonium, Ironium, Zincium, Nitrogenium, and the like). They US just kept the name the discoverer wanted instead of giving into those British asshats that just wanted to troll Sir Davy.

He also isolated Magnesium and named it "magnium", but later changed to magnesium. The guy just couldnt settle on names. Again, in my version of reality it is because his friends kept giving him shit.

If you hate Americans because of this, of all things, then you're going to lose your mind when you find out about everything that's happened this year.

Platinum

Am I the only one who finds differences in american vs british english cool, instead of a reason to be a dick

Oxygen-ium

We canadians also say Aluminum and I would like to be represented in this comic as a target of mockery alongside the US thank you.

Substance discovered by folks that called it alum or aluminum for literally five centuries then the Brits come galloping in to colonize the accepted name then try to look down on everyone else

Aluminium is not the -ium of alumin

Aluminium is the genericitation of aluminum.

The actual -ium is of alum. The original name is alumium.

Aluminum is a modification of alumiun, not aluminium

Aluminuminium. Now everyone gets to be happy.

Sorry, I'm siding with my American compatriots on this one. Yours sounds silly.

It confused me a bit when reading the Mistborn series. Wtf is aluminum and why have i never heard of that? Do they just call Aluminium differently because of story reasons? Did i miss something? Are the other metals correct?

Good books tho

Always find it funny how the French and British traditionally hate on each other but the British will defend to the death the stupid French shit we stole for our language

the amount of times I've seen people get pissed off at the American English removal of the useless "u" is actually fucking silly

I'm gonna take this chance to air my personal grievance with "Iodine", which is commonly pronounced (in the US at least) "aye-o-dine", but if we look at all of the other halogen, their "-ine" ending is pronounced "-een", and therefore iodine should clearly be pronounced "aye-o-deen".

Go and get some platinium and if you want to go old fashioned you may like aurium.

Al is Arabic for “the,” “um” was because the scientist forgot what he wanted to say, “in” means inside, and “um” also means the scientist forgot what to say and likely ran away.

What gets me is an Americanism that seems to have only taken hold in the last 10 years or so - Normalcy. Apparently it's been in use since 1920 but I'm sure it's only recently become ubiquitous in the US. The word is NORMALITY my American friends. Normalcy is a horrible Frankenstien word which sounds and looks horrible written. =p

I, a man of culture, call it Alimony.

You should just be happy that we aren't all still calling it "tin."

Too many syllables.

Not listening to countries that say "zed" for the letter z.

Bed, ced, ded, ed, ged, ped, ted, ved? No? Zee.

Aluminio

Dubya would start a nukular war over it.

ITT a bunch of weird pedantic nerds that hate language and don't read enough books.

Back in my day there was an element called unununium until some nuclear scientists bismuth-munching paper-pushers with nickel allergies decided in 2004 that they liked Röntgen more than Regirock.

And before anyone checks, R/S were released in 2002 in Japan and 2003 internationally.

I jitsu like how aluminum sounds

The only Ferengi I trust deal in Latinium.

Blame the Brits.

Ralkalest

I will make a conscious effort now that I know about this issue and also I'm just commenting because this post has that glorious Bottle of Water response and I want it in my comment history to find easier later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJ5_-8oEAU

Waitaminute arent you the clowns who call fries "chips" and chips "crisps" (dumbest fucking name ever) and cookies "biscuits"? And dont you waddle muddy puddles or else straddle in your silly lorries? Are there ANY consonants that you dont double?

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All my ninium