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minus-squaresexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoThe original discoverer of the element spelled it “aluminum”. The British publisher that published his work changed the spelling. The rest of the world got the right version of the man’s work. The Brits are wrong.
minus-squaredrugo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down5·1 year ago The rest of the world Ah yes, the US, Canada, and the ocean
minus-squareTh4tGuyII@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago The rest of the world got the right version of the man’s work Which is (or at least should be) “Aluminium” because that’s the internationally agreed IUPAC spelling. We gave up the cooler spelling of Sulfur to be consistent with IUPAC - if we can do that, then surely giving up on “-num” should be a cakewalk.
The original discoverer of the element spelled it “aluminum”. The British publisher that published his work changed the spelling. The rest of the world got the right version of the man’s work. The Brits are wrong.
Ah yes, the US, Canada, and the ocean
Which is (or at least should be) “Aluminium” because that’s the internationally agreed IUPAC spelling.
We gave up the cooler spelling of Sulfur to be consistent with IUPAC - if we can do that, then surely giving up on “-num” should be a cakewalk.