On 1 AugustRick Froman wrote: >Theyeven spell it differently: “aluminium”. Correction:They even spell it correctly. :-) Sir HumphryDavy proposed the name aluminum for the metal, however, the name aluminium wasadopted to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements. Thisspelling is in use in most countries. http://chemistry.about.com/od/elementfacts/a/aluminum.htm Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org From: rfro...@jbu.edu <rfro...@jbu.edu> Subject: RE: Help with British pronunciation Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 16:04:52 -0500
Near“privacy” on the site Jim sent is “prius” and, although it is pronounced“Pree-us” in the USand on the site, I have heard Jeremy Clarkson call it a PRY-us. Maybe that isjust his editorial comment. I also love to hear the British pronunciation ofaluminum. They even spell it differently: “aluminium”. Rick --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26740 or send a blank email to leave-26740-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
