Re: silly question

[Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net>]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 05:26:47AM +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> On Friday 04 March 2005 04:48 am, Blake Swadling wrote:
> 
> >
> > next you'll be telling us that it is "aluminum" ... check the periodic
> > table ppl. there is a second letter 'i' in there somewhere
> >
> > if you re going to nit pick about pronunciation you should be a little
> > more careful.
> 
> I confess I have never seen that particular version of the periodic table, but 
> I agree with most of what you said.
> 
> 8)
> 
> 

As I understand it, the Aluminum Corporation of America deliberately misspelled
the name of the metal in its corporate name. Americans accepted the new spelling
as a matter of national pride (of which we have a great deal). There was also
some nonsense about it being easier to pronounce, I think.

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Paul E Condon           
pecondon@mesanetworks.net