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Post by geoffh on Sept 6, 2019 15:31:32 GMT -5
Every now and again there is some light hearted banter regarding how we Brits spell some words and the USA has a different take on it.this cheeky chappie is the man to blame Noah Webster (dastardly bounder) published a dictionary in 1828 and enshrined ,color, tire ect in the American culture.Now I,ll try to
Forget this bit of trivia.
Geoff ,aloominiminium
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Post by dexameth on Sept 6, 2019 16:00:46 GMT -5
hahah this morning I was totally thinking of the pronunciation of ALUMINUM between US and Europe...
ah-loo-mih-num on my side of the pond
al-yoo-min-ee-um on your side
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Post by jackrides on Sept 6, 2019 18:46:00 GMT -5
Aluminium has higher tensile strength, higher heat conductivity, and less heat expansion. A far superior material, particularly when served with tea.
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Post by FrankenMech on Sept 7, 2019 17:05:58 GMT -5
I go with; a- lum-in-um -just like it is spelled. -A damn butter-soft gooey corrosive crap material as cast with all the tea in China. I much prefer 4140.
I don't even notice the difference in pronunciation when listening to brit TV.
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Post by lilpinny on Sept 7, 2019 17:17:11 GMT -5
It’s not only the spelling, it’s the slang. “I got out of my Ute in the car park and pushed the pram with bubs in the lift so we could buy some capsicum and put them in my eske in the boot.
My spell checker game me a hard time on most of those words. And maybe this is an Aussie thing but they said “zed” for the letter “Z”. They called it the Sesame Street influence when a little Aussie kid said “Z” instead of “zed” because the only place they would have learned that was watching Sesame Street .
Pinny <— lived for 3 years in Melbourne, Australia, now in Texas.
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Post by jloi on Sept 7, 2019 17:24:20 GMT -5
in the interest of compromise I vote we all just say aloomium
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Post by FrankenMech on Sept 7, 2019 17:55:50 GMT -5
Let's just say #13, the atomic number for Aluminum.
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Post by milly on Sept 7, 2019 18:14:08 GMT -5
My friend whose funeral I was at yesterday it was said that she could speak 3 languages Spanish French and American English. She was born in Peru of New Zealand parent and went to american schools in Peru, Libya and India as her dad worked for Exxon oil co and she studied at the american school for fine art in Paris ( think I got the name right and settled in Wales.  |
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Post by jloi on Sept 7, 2019 22:00:17 GMT -5
uh oh - Libiya
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Post by milly on Sept 8, 2019 5:22:48 GMT -5
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Post by 90GTVert on Sept 8, 2019 11:47:12 GMT -5
Let's just say #13, the atomic number for Aluminum. But then do we say thirteen or thir-een? |
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Post by jloi on Sept 8, 2019 12:13:09 GMT -5
I dunno
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Post by FrankenMech on Sept 8, 2019 13:07:55 GMT -5
Thir-teen, unless you are from Min-nee-so-ta and say tir-teen. Otherwise you could have 13 tattooed on the back of your hand or a$$ and 'flash' it... Blondes with x-x chromosomes could get 13 tattooed on their forehead as a dual purpose insignia.
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Post by aeroxbud on Sept 8, 2019 13:57:03 GMT -5
I always pronounce "Z" zee. But if it's a Kawasaki, it a GPZed!  |
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Post by milly on Sept 8, 2019 15:51:03 GMT -5
Let's just say #13, the atomic number for Aluminum. But then do we say thirteen or thir-een?
But where I was bought up it was furt-een |
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