Aluminum and cars

[togos452]

Greater Aluminium Use Will Lower Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Worldwide

AI is the world's oldest trade magazine covering the global automotive industry. Est. 1895

More aluminum being used in cars, but which ones actually weigh less?

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/030528.htm

[Matra et Alpine]

"Aluminum, or aluminium if you prefer"

as in prefer to be RIGHT

Hopefully the wider spread use of it will educate the proper spelling/pronunciation.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

"Aluminum, or aluminium if you prefer"

as in prefer to be RIGHT

Hopefully the wider spread use of it will educate the proper spelling/pronunciation.

I thought aluminium was just a form of pronunciation and alternative British spelling (i.e. vigor and vigour).

[fisetdavid26]

Originally Posted by NSXType-R

I thought aluminium was just a form of pronunciation and alternative British spelling (i.e. vigor and vigour).

You are right, both ways to write it are correct.

Canada/USA: Aluminum
UK/Australia: Aluminium

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by fisetdavid26

You are right, both ways to write it are correct.

Canada/USA: Aluminum
UK/Australia: Aluminium

erm ... res of world an the science of CHEMISTRY ...

it IS aluminium.

Or do you change all the names of

Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Gallium, Germanium, Selenium, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Cadmium, Indium, Tellurium, Caesium, Barium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Thallium, Polonium, Francium, Radium, Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Ununbium, Ununtrium, Ununquadium, Ununpentium, Ununhexium, Ununoctium

and of course the ricers favourite -- unobtanium

Al is the worst example of dumbing down ever The international Chemists AGREED that it woudl be Aluminium and then 3 years later allowed aluminum -- guess who woudl ahve pressured for that then.

And for the Aluminium is too hard to say then what of the list above ? Will they ALL be dumbed down ?

[hightower99]

Originally Posted by fisetdavid26

You are right, both ways to write it are correct.

Canada/USA: Aluminum
UK/Australia: Aluminium

I am Canadian and I have always spelled and pronunced it Aluminium... As that is what it is... the element.

[fisetdavid26]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

erm ... res of world an the science of CHEMISTRY ...

it IS aluminium.

Or do you change all the names of

Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Gallium, Germanium, Selenium, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Cadmium, Indium, Tellurium, Caesium, Barium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Thallium, Polonium, Francium, Radium, Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Ununbium, Ununtrium, Ununquadium, Ununpentium, Ununhexium, Ununoctium

and of course the ricers favourite -- unobtanium

Al is the worst example of dumbing down ever The international Chemists AGREED that it woudl be Aluminium and then 3 years later allowed aluminum -- guess who woudl ahve pressured for that then.

And for the Aluminium is too hard to say then what of the list above ? Will they ALL be dumbed down ?

Originally Posted by hightower99

I am Canadian and I have always spelled and pronunced it Aluminium... As that is what it is... the element.

I also always spelled it aluminium (there's only one way to write it in French ), but according to American/Canadian dictionaries it's currently officially spelled "aluminum". And yes Matra, the 'correct' way to write it changes often, so the way it's spelled in your dictionary depends on the year it was made I guess... as long as we understand I guess it's alright! Personally I believe aluminium is the only correct way to write it, even though dictionaries don't agree with that

[NSXType-R]

Gee, you guys do love making Americans look dumb.

[Rockefella]

I would like to apologize on behalf of America for spelling and pronouncing the word 'Aluminium' sans the I. Obviously, the impact it has caused on the global community is unparalleled by acts even as gruesome as genocide.

Respectfully yours,
U.S. Citizen

[Matra et Alpine]

Apology accepted. Rocke.

Now can we get on to eye-rack ?

[The_Canuck]

Aluminum's Name in Other Languages
Latin: Aluminium
Czech: Hliník
Croatian: Aluminij
French: Aluminium
German: Aluminium - r
Italian: Alluminio
Norwegian: Aluminium
Portuguese: Alumínio
Russian:
Spanish: Alumínio
Swedish: Aluminium


OH snap.

[faksta]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

Russian:

Russian: aluminyi (something like this, I'll manage to find out how it would be better to type in latin letters).

[culver]

Given that the English were able to take the letters K N I G H and T and get the same pronunciation as the non-word "nite", I'm not sure they have any high ground in how things should be spelled or pronounced. Perhaps we should implement a democracy of spelling. Given that the US and Canada together form the largest block of native English language speakers, I would say the North American spellings and pronunciations certainly could be argued to be the correct ones based simply on number of speakers. Common usage is after all how words are given their meanings and spellings. Just ask those gay (happy) people.

[clutch-monkey]

spelling mum as 'mom' ranks up there alooominum

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by culver

Given that the English were able to take the letters K N I G H and T and get the same pronunciation as the non-word "nite"

Love it
OK, spelling ... after day comes .... ?
I MIGHT do something about it ?
Do you want to FIGHT over it ?
Using my SIGHT, there are many examples to see.
I may even have to take a FLIGHT over there to sort you out

argued to be the correct ones based simply on number of speakers.

Excellent, on that basis California should be speaking Spanish
Hundreds of millions of Indians speak and use the real English language

Common usage is after all how words are given their meanings and spellings. Just ask those gay (happy) people.

If it's wrong it's wrong
Man just read up on how Ellis Island officials decided the spelling of all those immigrants surnames

Sadly the language IS dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. Wish you guys had a better education system to fix that

( Reality is of course that the English went through a loving the French period and changed the spelling of many words to look "more sophisticated" )