• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    The five syllable elements are all weird radioactive things. If Al has five syllables it might make my beer can radioactive or poisonous. Better keep the syllable count on Al to four or less like all of the other normal elements.

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    We canadians also say Aluminum and I would like to be represented in this comic as a target of mockery alongside the US thank you.

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    I’m gonna take this chance to air my personal grievance with “Iodine”, which is commonly pronounced (in the US at least) “aye-o-dine”, but if we look at all of the other halogen, their “-ine” ending is pronounced “-een”, and therefore iodine should clearly be pronounced “aye-o-deen”.

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    Always find it funny how the French and British traditionally hate on each other but the British will defend to the death the stupid French shit we stole for our language

    the amount of times I’ve seen people get pissed off at the American English removal of the useless “u” is actually fucking silly

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      The English ‘stole’ words from the French in the same way half the European world ‘stole’ Roman roads, words, and customs.

      They were colonised by the Normans you silly codswallop. The British retain French words because they were forced on them by the aristocracy a thousand years ago.

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      I mean we hate on the french, but it’s mostly good natured ribbing. Also wasn’t most of the french imposed on us post invasion rather than stealing?

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    Go and get some platinium and if you want to go old fashioned you may like aurium.

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    Sorry, I’m siding with my American compatriots on this one. Yours sounds silly.

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    Am I the only one who finds differences in american vs british english cool, instead of a reason to be a dick

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      Let’s table that discussion.

      Tap for spoiler

      The meanings of “table” as a verb in US vs UK parliamentary usage are literally opposites. With the US meaning being to stop discussing or put aside for later, while the UK version means to begin discussing.

      This actually caused confusion during allied meetings in WWII.

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    Aluminium is not the -ium of alumin

    Aluminium is the genericitation of aluminum.

    The actual -ium is of alum. The original name is alumium.

    Aluminum is a modification of alumiun, not aluminium

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    It confused me a bit when reading the Mistborn series. Wtf is aluminum and why have i never heard of that? Do they just call Aluminium differently because of story reasons? Did i miss something? Are the other metals correct?

    Good books tho

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      Aluminum is the original name for the element. It was changed to be more in line with the others in its group.

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      Like in the tv shows when they say “epinephrine”, and I was like wtf is that? for years.

      And later on with the amazing metal called tungsten. Why have I never heard of it?

      (Its andrenaline and wolfram)

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    If you hate Americans because of this, of all things, then you’re going to lose your mind when you find out about everything that’s happened this year.

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    What gets me is an Americanism that seems to have only taken hold in the last 10 years or so - Normalcy. Apparently it’s been in use since 1920 but I’m sure it’s only recently become ubiquitous in the US. The word is NORMALITY my American friends. Normalcy is a horrible Frankenstien word which sounds and looks horrible written. =p