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  1. 13th February 2014, 11:24 AM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gammaboy View Post
    Same way they get Al-ooo-min-um.
    It's not the same at all.

    Aluminum is US English spelling for Aluminium and is recognised by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (of which I am a member and an Australian Rep) as an acceptable variant.
    This means it can officially be used in international law, commerce, engineering, trade etc.

    "Sodder" is just ignorant/lazy speech.

    The name of Aluminium has had multiple variants over the years.
    Even the officially accredited discoverer of Al, British Scientist Sir Humpry Davy called it Aluminum.
    The etymology of Al makes for interesting reading, for those with the Wikipedia entry for Al has a section on it.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
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  3. 13th February 2014, 12:30 PM #17
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    I do quite a few YouTube videos,and I'm forever getting Americans telling me how they fall off their chair laughing when I say aluminium.

    In fact they tell me they actually love the way we say it, but just find it hilariously funny.

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  4. 13th February 2014, 01:20 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    "Sodder" is just ignorant/lazy speech.
    Sodder is a dialectic variation - I have never heard an american say solder. Ever. Even electronics guys.
  5. 13th February 2014, 01:21 PM #19
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    It is a wonder they do not use titoonimun
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  6. 13th February 2014, 01:55 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by .RC. View Post
    It is a wonder they do not use titoonimun
    There a several contradictions on element naming - many don't all end in "ium" and several that actually end in just "um" , e.g. molybdenum and lanthanum.

    I have worked with many americans and worked in the US for a couple of years, the educated ones will all say "solder" unless maybe if they are from "Nu Giosey"
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