The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agoYou can feel how cathartic this must have been for someonelemmy.worldimagemessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1871arrow-down115
arrow-up1856arrow-down1imageYou can feel how cathartic this must have been for someonelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 6 months agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoAlumium came before that! …shoulda just left it at that.
minus-squareSternhammer@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoWeird that Americans want to go with Aluminum when there’s also Americium, Berkelium, and Californium. Not to mention Deuterium, Helium, Iridium, Lithium, etc…
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoI think most of us actually prefer the British spelling / pronunciation. But it is what it is.
Aluminum came before aluminium.
Alumium came before that!
…shoulda just left it at that.
I’ll drink to that.
Weird that Americans want to go with Aluminum when there’s also Americium, Berkelium, and Californium. Not to mention Deuterium, Helium, Iridium, Lithium, etc…
I think most of us actually prefer the British spelling / pronunciation. But it is what it is.