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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 24 points 9 months ago (3 children)

its aluminium

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'll concede aluminium when the Brits adopt platinium

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

theyll adopt aluminum as soon as you wrap your lips around a fag

[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't threaten ME with a good time.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

[dies of smoke inhalation]

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

aluminum

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

tomato tomato lets call the whole thing off!

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

oh what, that's an actual spelling? I was just saying that

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Yes, "aluminum" is the original, and "aluminium" was later adopted to make it sound more Latin.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

really its just geographic thing. i prefer the european version

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Are you European?

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No I’m not European, bein’ all I can

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I’ve been waiting 31 years for that question

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Only if you trust the French more than the guy who named it.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 9 months ago

i do. coughs in jpg