British pronounce it, "Alum-inium." With an extra I in it. I think because it cheeses off the rest of us.
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LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 9 months agoaluminum? It’s spelled straightforward phonetically. How could anybody botch that?
tygerprints@kbin.social 9 months ago
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
The way british people say is “Al-yoo-min-ee-um” Instead of the correct way “ah-loo-min-um”
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Both say it how it’s spelt, it’s just spelt differently in British and American English.
Vuraniute@thelemmy.club 9 months ago
correct
they’re different dialects, they’re both correct
maccentric@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Ask the Brits
ME0x01@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Well have you ever thought of maybe, just maybe, it’s spelled as Aluminium