It's now "aluminium"

[MJD]

Already very grating.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx ... 06565.html

[Mennisco]

Apparently they're not even sure:

"He said the group believes that aluminiun demand is strong enough to support Rio Tinto's increased exposure to the industry by paying a premium for Alcan."

[Pego]

Latin name for the element is "aluminium". I suppose that term is pretty interchangeable with the common English term "aluminum".

[Daisy]

with the common English term "aluminum".

You mean American word.

[gh]

Pretty sure Canadians say aluminum also.

[Mennisco]

Pretty sure Canadians say aluminum also.

"Our product range includes a large portfolio of packaging based on plastic,
aluminum, paper, carton and other materials:....."

http://www.alcanpackaging.com/Internet/ ... odoverview

"With its head office in Montreal, Canada,....." http://www.alcan.com/web/publishing.nsf ... Alcan+Home

It is interesting to note that the French for aluminum is "aluminium" :

http://www.alcan.com/survey396/396invit ... alcan.com/

Interesting, perhaps, to people like me with {apparently} nothing better to be doing, at the moment.

[MJD]

Pretty sure Canadians say aluminum also.

That's right.

[JRM]

Pretty sure Canadians say aluminum also.

French Canadians say "aluminium" -- at least that's what I recall from my New Brunswick bilingual schooling. I remember it confused me when I tried to say "aluminium" in English conversation.

[Mennisco]

Pretty sure Canadians say aluminum also.

That's right.

We need to priorize this immediately.

[Daisy]

with the common English term "aluminum".

You mean American word.

Pretty sure Canadians say aluminum also.

That's right.

My usage of American here was N. American. Sorry to confuse.

[JRM]

with the common English term "aluminum".

You mean American word.

Pretty sure Canadians say aluminum also.

That's right.

My usage of American here was N. American. Sorry to confuse.

That's because Candians know their place and speak proper American... except for a fixation for "-our" instead of "-or" ("flavour"), and some silly reversal of "re" for "er": theatre, metre, etc...). Oh yes, and calling the last letter of the alphabet "Zed".

:wink:

[Daisy]

What do they use in the southern hemisphere?

[tandfman]

What do they use in the southern hemisphere?

Mostly Spanish.

[gh]

...That's because Candians know their place and speak proper American... except for a fixation for "-our" instead of "-or" ("flavour"), and some silly reversal of "re" for "er": theatre, metre, etc...). Oh yes, and calling the last letter of the alphabet "Zed".

:wink:

don't forget leftenant.

[dr ngo]

Priorities

The Americans found/named the element first, called it "aluminum."

The Brits then added a gratuitous extra "i" so that the name would end in "-ium," like other metallic elements.

Or, to put it simply: they are wrong, we are right.