Comment on How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works
Geodad@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI’ll accept that when they stop pronouncing aluminum as “alumimium”.
Comment on How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works
Geodad@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI’ll accept that when they stop pronouncing aluminum as “alumimium”.
Dasus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But all the other elements are -iums as well, so aluminium makes more sense.
Regards someone from neither country
Geodad@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus…
There are many elements that don’t end in - ium. The rule is that whoever discovers the element gets to name it.
Dasus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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We have a draw.
moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
All of them? Are you sure?
On an unrelated note, apparently the Eagles “Their Greatest Hits” album was certified 38x Platinium.
Dasus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh no, not all of them. I’m just too lazy to write a more accurate sentence.
-ium is a commonly used Latin suffix for elements. The name for platin cones from spanish “platina”, ‘little silver’.
moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
There’s also molybdenum, lanthanum, and tantalum. “ium” is not a hard and fast rule.