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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 200433" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>OK, an Aussie whinge here. It especially annoys husband, as a chemist - element No 13 on the Periodic Table is Alu-MIN-i-um, not Al-OO-min-um. There's a little "-ium" at the end of it, as there is at the end of a lot of other elements in the Periodic Table (Polonium, Curium, Fermium, Uranium, Mendeleevium, Yttrium, Ytterbium, Erbium, etc). While there has been some history of element 13 being spelt and pronounced in a manner different to the rest of the world, husband says that international convention has now dictated that we all come together on "Al-you-MIN-i-um" as pronunciation of "Aluminium".</p><p></p><p>Similarly, the planet Uranus gets pronounced two different ways. However, there is less strict rule with this one, either pronunciation is valid (however much it might annoy). It sounds vaguely offensive whichever way you pronounce it.</p><p></p><p>Believe it or not, there are international conventions on this - can you imagine being in a room with representatives of various groups around the world, deciding on how words are to be pronounced?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 200433, member: 1991"] OK, an Aussie whinge here. It especially annoys husband, as a chemist - element No 13 on the Periodic Table is Alu-MIN-i-um, not Al-OO-min-um. There's a little "-ium" at the end of it, as there is at the end of a lot of other elements in the Periodic Table (Polonium, Curium, Fermium, Uranium, Mendeleevium, Yttrium, Ytterbium, Erbium, etc). While there has been some history of element 13 being spelt and pronounced in a manner different to the rest of the world, husband says that international convention has now dictated that we all come together on "Al-you-MIN-i-um" as pronunciation of "Aluminium". Similarly, the planet Uranus gets pronounced two different ways. However, there is less strict rule with this one, either pronunciation is valid (however much it might annoy). It sounds vaguely offensive whichever way you pronounce it. Believe it or not, there are international conventions on this - can you imagine being in a room with representatives of various groups around the world, deciding on how words are to be pronounced? Marg [/QUOTE]
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