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   On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:14:00 +0000, Johnny B Good wrote:   
      
   >  ITYM "the Americans _were_ correct" :-)   
      
   Well, alright.   :-)   
      
   >  Oh, and btw, Humphrey was working with the _compound_, Alum and firstly   
   > called the metal Aluminum, then decided on the more correct latinate   
   > spelling (and pronunciation) of Aluminium shortly thereafter.   
      
   I believe it was a political-literary journal that forced the issue.  They   
   didn't like -um, and wanted -ium because it had a more classical sound.   
   It certainly fits better with -ium, in the periodic table of elements, but   
   there are precedents for -um; Tantalum, Platinum and Molybdenum.   
      
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