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| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #32840 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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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 color vs colour issue. The US and Canada were fighting each other in a bloody war at the time, but they b... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |