Now you're just being obtuse.
When aluminium was first named it went through several iterations and was going to be called aluminum on both sides of the Atlantic, but then was changed to aluminium to be consistent with other metals. For some reason the message was delayed in getting across the pond and it became fixed there as aluminum. So in fact the -ium ending is entirely and deliberately consistent with new and old metals, common or rare, from lithium to lawrencium , taking in indium(!), magnesium, calcium, sodium, gallium, chromium, plutonium and so on in between.
Of course the ironic /funny thing about this thread is that we the Brits were being accused of adding extra syllables unnecessarily compared to other users of English, with New England place names being cited as illustration.
Now... As it happens a lot of places in New England are named for places in Old England including all those exampled. So not only have the place names been retained, but also our shortened way of saying them ☺
And now back to work!
Mike
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mcmaster, Michael
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Solder or Sodder? More NTC
There's Tantalanium, Lanthanium, Platinium, Molybdenium. Have I forgotten
any!
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian Ellis
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 6:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Solder or Sodder? More NTC
The Brits are consistent. Please name me all the other elements that end
in -um but do not end in -ium, then name me all the ones that do end
thus. In fact, I was told by a director of Alcoa that the error was made
at the start-up of the corp. They had printed a prospectus to attract
capital and it was only after it was ready to go out that someone saw
there was a spelling error. They had neither the money nor the time to
reprint it, so the error stuck. Just sheer carelessness.
Brian
R Sedlak wrote:
> It seems that the Brits have a history of pronouncing unnecessary
sounds...
> Take the light metal element with the chemical symbol Al.... I believe
there is disagreement over both spelling and pronunciation...?
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> Rudy Sedlak
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