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A goof friend of mine had WGAS on his license plate. He got rid of it because he got tired of explaining what it meant.
 
Actually nobody picked up on my additional letters, adding an extra ‘ium’ to it.

that and math in place of maths, which itself is the correct contraction of the word mathematics.

mind you, the French are also struggling with the inclusion of too many Anglicised words entering their language - but it’s a bit weird seeing ‘picnic’ getting changed to ‘pique-nique’ - almost as bad as the Welsh adding extra Ls and removing vowels to words which never originally existed in their language ( I was taught to speak Welsh in school) such as Ambiwlans - you can work it out.

I am so grumpy today, I need a hobby :cool:
 
a-lum-i-num

We pronounce the whole word, you Limeys add a syllable to it.
But then, so do French, German, Spanish and Portuguese language speakers. A long time, someone in the US spelt it wrong and you've been defending them ever since :). They also couldn't spell 'colour'!
 
Just remember America was only invented about 500 years ago.... Give them time to catch up :)
 
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"In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy identified the existence of the metal in alum, which he at first named "alumium" and later "aluminum." Davy proposed the name aluminum when referring to the element in his 1812 book Elements of Chemical Philosophy, despite his previous use of "alumium." The official name "aluminium" was adopted to conform with the -ium names of most other elements. The 1828 Webster's Dictionary used the "aluminum" spelling, which it maintained in later editions. In 1925, the American Chemical Society (ACS) decided to go from aluminium back to the original aluminum, putting the United States in the "aluminum" group. In recent years, the IUPAC* had identified "aluminium" as the proper spelling, but it didn't catch on in North America, since the ACS used aluminum. The IUPAC periodic table presently lists both spellings and says both words are perfectly acceptable."

*https://iupac.org/
 
But then, so do French, German, Spanish and Portuguese language speakers. A long time, someone in the US spelt it wrong and you've been defending them ever since :). They also couldn't spell 'colour'!
Nor tyres, or sparking plugs, etc.
 

"In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy identified the existence of the metal in alum, which he at first named "alumium" and later "aluminum." Davy proposed the name aluminum when referring to the element in his 1812 book Elements of Chemical Philosophy, despite his previous use of "alumium." The official name "aluminium" was adopted to conform with the -ium names of most other elements. The 1828 Webster's Dictionary used the "aluminum" spelling, which it maintained in later editions. In 1925, the American Chemical Society (ACS) decided to go from aluminium back to the original aluminum, putting the United States in the "aluminum" group. In recent years, the IUPAC* had identified "aluminium" as the proper spelling, but it didn't catch on in North America, since the ACS used aluminum. The IUPAC periodic table presently lists both spellings and says both words are perfectly acceptable."

*https://iupac.org/
Spoilsport!
 
And we've only just finished paying it off... Although, we may need another loan quite soon!
 
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Actually nobody picked up on my additional letters, adding an extra ‘ium’ to it.

that and math in place of maths, which itself is the correct contraction of the word mathematics.
I did pick up on the extra letters - that's why I said that is how the British say it!

Maths and learnt - two that make US English speaker cringe.
 
you only arrived in extra time just as the ref had his whistle raised.

again :)
Can we please stop this "humor" - I just wrote a long and nasty response and decided it wasn't appropriate so deleted it.
 
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