@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.29Karrow-down1imageGood job, Britain! A major contribution to the nations of the world!lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-square@Myavatargotsnowedon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•3 months agoBut they’re almost all ‘iums’, changing just one is like finding a fly in a bowl of cereal
minus-square@mitchty@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink2•edit-23 months agoMolybdenum, lanthanum, tantalum, platinum, it’s not unique and not all got latinized. https://www.etymonline.com/word/aluminum And aluminum was what it was originally spelled as well, at this point it’s not going to change in American English. Even the IUPAC acknowledges it as accepted, it’s been there from the start can we move on past this after 200+ years?
But they’re almost all ‘iums’, changing just one is like finding a fly in a bowl of cereal
Molybdenum, lanthanum, tantalum, platinum, it’s not unique and not all got latinized.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/aluminum
And aluminum was what it was originally spelled as well, at this point it’s not going to change in American English. Even the IUPAC acknowledges it as accepted, it’s been there from the start can we move on past this after 200+ years?