Yeah because platinum is a concept. Nobody has gotten an aluminum record, or an aluminum medal. Some metals have ascended beyond mere utility into superficiality.
Then we also need to talk about Sodum, Potassum, Magnesum, Plutonum, Uranum, Cadmum, Chromum, Titanum and a bunch more. Why should Aluminum be the outlier?
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 3 months ago
People always argue that -num isn’t a legitimate way for the name of an element to end, but I never see you guys talking about Platinium.
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 3 months ago
All words are made up and language isn’t real
Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yeah because platinum is a concept. Nobody has gotten an aluminum record, or an aluminum medal. Some metals have ascended beyond mere utility into superficiality.
rainynight65@feddit.org 3 months ago
Then we also need to talk about Sodum, Potassum, Magnesum, Plutonum, Uranum, Cadmum, Chromum, Titanum and a bunch more. Why should Aluminum be the outlier?
PopShark@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah well blowsraspberry