PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1592arrow-down121cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1571arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square62fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoEveryone involved in that was british iirc. The guy that named it spelled it like 4 or 5 different ways and eventually aluminum mostly stuck, but the other science guys wanted everything to end in ‘ium’
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIum version also fits in UK accents better
Everyone involved in that was british iirc. The guy that named it spelled it like 4 or 5 different ways and eventually aluminum mostly stuck, but the other science guys wanted everything to end in ‘ium’
Ium version also fits in UK accents better