XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Fri, 6 Mar 2026 21:46:59 +0000, Sn!pe wrote:   
      
   > Richard Tobin  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article <1rrkjfl.izsear126lhe1N%snipeco.2@gmail.com>,   
   >> Sn!pe  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >If Aluminium should be pronounced "Aloominum", how should e.g. Helium;   
   >> >Sodium; Potassium; Uranium; Plutonium; etc. be pronounced?   
   >>   
   >> But they don't spell it "aluminium".   
   >>   
   >> -- Richard   
   >   
   > Do they not?  How odd, I didn't know that.   
      
   Nope, in the US it is 'aluminum'.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Naming_and_spelling_history   
      
   I agree sticking with the 'ium' of other elements would make sense but   
   after close to 200 years, aluminum it is.   
      
   I have heard US speakers, particularly chemists, say aluminium. That's   
   rather like my brother, who was an aeronautical engineer, always said   
   'aeroplane'.   
      
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