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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 200851" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On the "aluminium" debate, we accepted for years (with gritted teeth) that in the US it was spelt aluminum and pronounced "al-OO-min-um". There are a lot of cultural differences. </p><p>But husband said there is a strong international convention of chemical spelling and pronounciation which has now formally defined two words - what WE used to spell as "sulphur" and the US spelt as "sulfur" is now internationally accepted as the US spelling predominating - we ALL have to spell it as "sulfur" now. But the trade-off was "aluMIN-i-um" now being the international standard.</p><p></p><p>So back when you were at school - you were not mis-taught. It was not international convention back then. it is now.</p><p></p><p>Maybe this is what I get for living in a household of nitpicky Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Aspies!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 200851, member: 1991"] On the "aluminium" debate, we accepted for years (with gritted teeth) that in the US it was spelt aluminum and pronounced "al-OO-min-um". There are a lot of cultural differences. But husband said there is a strong international convention of chemical spelling and pronounciation which has now formally defined two words - what WE used to spell as "sulphur" and the US spelt as "sulfur" is now internationally accepted as the US spelling predominating - we ALL have to spell it as "sulfur" now. But the trade-off was "aluMIN-i-um" now being the international standard. So back when you were at school - you were not mis-taught. It was not international convention back then. it is now. Maybe this is what I get for living in a household of nitpicky Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Aspies! Marg [/QUOTE]
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