Lady Butterfly she/her@lemmy.world to NiceMemes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoI'm continentallemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down13
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minus-squareBoxscape@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago that non-native speakers commonly over-pronounce when goofing around in a similar way. Aluminum? Or is that more of a ‘regional differences’ thang?
minus-squaredmention7@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIf I were a Brit I would definitely make it a point to bust out my worst American accent and call it Alumin(no i)um whenever possible.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe spelling and pronunciation that brits hate was made by a brit. guy couldn’t seem to remember what he named the metal and kept calling it slightly different things while his peers wanted it to have the same word ending as other elements.
Aluminum? Or is that more of a ‘regional differences’ thang?
If I were a Brit I would definitely make it a point to bust out my worst American accent and call it Alumin(no i)um whenever possible.
The spelling and pronunciation that brits hate was made by a brit. guy couldn’t seem to remember what he named the metal and kept calling it slightly different things while his peers wanted it to have the same word ending as other elements.