thrawn to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years agoWhat petty hill will you die on?message-square435fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareWhat petty hill will you die on?thrawn to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square435fedilinkfile-text
For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.
minus-squareDpwnShiftlinkfedilink2•2 years agoBut there’s not another vowel between the ‘n’ and the ‘u’, why would you pronounce it “AL-yoo-MINI-um”!? It’s similar to people who pronounce nuclear “nuke-yoo-lar”, those extra letters just aren’t in the word!
minus-squaretiggitylinkfedilink7•2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium Except it does have those letters ;)
minus-squareDpwnShiftlinkfedilink2•2 years agoWe spell it different too!? I literally thought it was spelled “aluminum” the world over! My opinion may do a 180 on this one…
minus-square@Nanokindled@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThis is just a British vs. American English difference, like gray/grey.
But there’s not another vowel between the ‘n’ and the ‘u’, why would you pronounce it “AL-yoo-MINI-um”!?
It’s similar to people who pronounce nuclear “nuke-yoo-lar”, those extra letters just aren’t in the word!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
Except it does have those letters ;)
We spell it different too!? I literally thought it was spelled “aluminum” the world over! My opinion may do a 180 on this one…
This is just a British vs. American English difference, like gray/grey.