"Aluminum" It should be called Aluminium

[Braatensafe]

Aluminium should be used, isn't Aluminum american wrongly taught themself the wrong word?

[Martin]

Over the centuries we've all done this, many words have been slightly changed, to try to make their meaning our own.

In American for example, color, honor, potato, aluminum are good examples of spelling words like they're spoken. Another favourite is "your" many americans know that there is a your and you're and understand the difference, but they actually say your when they mean would you like your shirt back and they say your when they mean your going to like this shirt. Once we non americans understand this, it's easier to understand why they use the wrong spellings.

Edited out. Was having a bad america day.

The above is my opinion. I like americans personally, this is not intended as hate speech and I realise that some will take it so, regardless of my latter statement. Those people know where the door is.

[Areebob]

Well, since the word was spelled 3 different ways, it’s really up to the devs as to which one they use. Blame the idiot who couldn’t make up his mind on how to spell it.

“Sir Humphry made a bit of a mess of naming this new element, at first spelling it alumium (this was in 1807) then changing it to aluminum, and finally settling on aluminium in 1812.”

[Shork]

Short version:

It doesn't really matter.
The "right" spelling of one word is easily the least relevant issue there is right now.

[Lystent]

Originally posted by Areebob:

Well, since the word was spelled 3 different ways, it’s really up to the devs as to which one they use. Blame the idiot who couldn’t make up his mind on how to spell it.

“Sir Humphry made a bit of a mess of naming this new element, at first spelling it alumium (this was in 1807) then changing it to aluminum, and finally settling on aluminium in 1812.”

I'd prefer alumium of the three; simpler word that is easier to both pronounce and spell.

[Guardian]

From the country that brought us Geoff... :D

[Mharr]

You know what's really weird? No-one ever questions the spelling of Platinum.

[Lil Puppy]

The country of development is the U.S. so you get Aluminum, Color, Farenheit, Pounds, etc. Get used to it. Every country and language and dialect has their own way of spelling things, just be happy this isn't German or a Scandinavian language where every 'word' is a full sentence without the spaces.

[Martin]

That's very true, although I would consider USA and Steam as single words, that could also be considered to hold entire books of meaning. So being unable to spell shouldn't be much of an issue, especially, for such a progressive country.

[Michael Lemmons]

No, you're right. It should be Aluminium, colour, etc... Noah Webster did a bit of an injustice to the ENGLISH language when he decided to "simplify" it for U.S. citizens. Kind of a condescending ♥♥♥♥ move if you ask me.

[Mharr]

You might be surprised how much of the American dialect is closer to the original English in the times of colonisation. The Brits have been evolving their language just as much in the meantime.

'Aluminum' is nothing to do with Webster in any case, that was what Humphrey Davy named it on discovery, and the 'i' was a retrofit by the British dictionary makers.

[SirusTheMadDJ]

Originally posted by Бraateйsafe♎:

Aluminium should be used, isn't Aluminum american wrongly taught themself the wrong word?

And no one caught the inncorrect spelling of "themselves"?

Because while that is technically a word, it's not common. Thus, by the OP's grasp on that country's form of English, they're making their own mistake as well.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/themselves-or-themself

The point?

US English and UK English are still English, but with clear differences in certain words. "Color" and "Colour", "Centre" and "Center". I could go on, but you should get the idea. It's the same base, but with different dialects if that helps clear the water.

And no I'm not about to get into a ten page flame fest over it either.

But there's something rather amusing about someone trying to call out a spelling error when they can barely make a readable sentence I find...

Well, that and there's no actual language called "American" of course. You tried though.

[jartu63]

You say Po-TAH-to, I say Aluminum. Let's call the whole thing moot