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• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bet you think British spellings are inherently “superiour“.

  Aluminum is the name chosen by the discoverer, by analogy from the mineral alum. Chemists choose chemical names, not English grammarians.

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  • meekah@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, that’s what the person who discovered it wanted to name it. By that logic, “alumium” would also be a valid term. However, anybody with common sense, back then and now, understands there is value in extending the ending to conform to the pattern of "-ium"s, like sodium, potassium, lithium, etc. All metals discovered since 1811 have that ending.

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    • morphballganon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And what value is that? Describe it please.

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      • meekah@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Humans are great at pattern detection. So putting patterns into our language helps us understand things intuitively more easily.

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