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Q&A Is it ok to use "aluminium" in an otherwise American English text?

Aluminum comes from the word alumina and is the name chosen by the Humphry Davy in 1812 and published throughout the world. "Aluminium" only exists because Thomas Young misspelled it. It's not a co...

posted 6y ago by IKM‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:39:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar IKM‭ · 2019-12-08T10:39:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
Aluminum comes from the word alumina and is the name chosen by the Humphry Davy in 1812 and published throughout the world. "Aluminium" only exists because Thomas Young misspelled it. It's not a color vs colour issue.

The US and Canada were fighting each other in a bloody war at the time, but they both received the correct spelling from across the Atlantic ocean.

Edit:

Aluminum is the One True Spelling of the word.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-21T21:42:27Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: -1