thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoWhat petty hill will you die on?message-squaremessage-square369fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat petty hill will you die on?thrawn@beehaw.org to Chat@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square369fedilinkfile-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-squareDpwnShift@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-squaretiggity@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium Except it does have those letters ;)
minus-squareDpwnShift@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-squareNanokindled@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.