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Originally posted by RevRuby:
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Originally posted by wellard:
3. We like the letter 'U' (coloUr and alUminium)
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i'm still not understanding why you point out that particular "u" in aluminium. it's there with aluminum as well. perhaps someone can clear this up for me, if not...well ok. [/QUOTE]I oughtta smack Wellard upside the head [img]smile.gif[/img] . It is the I in AluminIum that the Americans don't get - not the U.
And for the edifiction of RevRuby - America is the one country in the world that is different. You would think that scientists the world over could look at a chemical element with a certain number of prtons and neutrons and decide to call it Hydrogen or Lithium or Berrylium etc and that name would be standardised the world over in The Periodic Table of Elements. In this case, all the other countries in the world called it Aluminium and the good ole US of A called it Aluminum. You would have thought the Periodic table of elements the world over would be pretty standard, but there you go. I am surpised that the Ruskies didn't go with the trend your blokes set and call Americurium by the name Sovietium or something
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