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Old 06-01-2005, 02:12 AM   #12 (permalink)
Mephisto2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cinnles
At least we can spell and pronounce aluminium correctly.
Actually, an interesting piece of trivia is that the British spelling is actually the incorrect, or at least inconsistent, spelling.

But let's not split hairs, eh?

It's along the same lines of people complaining that the Americans use '-ize' when '-ise' is correct. It is not. At least not in the King's English and if one were to be pedantic and/or traditional.



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