r/confidentlyincorrect • u/TheGayestOfTheGays7 • 19d ago

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Red is a idiot

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u/contextual_somebody 19d ago

Yesterday I wrote a letter after dinner and drove through Leicester Square to meet my lieutenant for aluminium before we sorted our garden party schedule.

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u/DVDN27 19d ago

Ok but aluminium is a word that is correct. It's aluminum in America but aluminium everywhere else. Even spelt different because they're pronounced differently, not like the US removing the u in a bunch of words because an extra letter cost too much to print.

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u/contextual_somebody 19d ago edited 19d ago

It was first named “alumium” by Sir Humphrey Davy. He later changed it to “aluminum.” “Aluminium” is newer than the American spelling.

Edit: You guys should start saying “platinium” for the sake of consistency

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u/Tamer_ 18d ago

consistency

HAHAHA good one!