aluminium or aluminum?

So how do you pronounce 'aluminum'?

People in Britain and sometimes Russia say 'aluminium'. Those in the U.S. almost always say 'aluminum'.

Hmm.

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I've never heard it pronounced "aluminium". I'd laugh at someone if I heard them say that.

 

That's how the Brits say it. Al-yoo-miny-um

 

Yes. That's what I'm referring to.

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US pronunciation.

 

The American way. Then I boisterously shout 'what's all this then?'

 

I pronounce it with one i.

 

bauxite

 

I am British. I say it aluminium, mostly because that's how it is supposed to be said. I think the other way sounds so stupid

It's called English for a reason, people

 

Aluminium bitches

if you say it the other way round here you will stand out in a bad way

 

My partner pronounces it the British way, sounds so much more difficult to say when it is a word that is so easy to mess up period.

Although he does it with others as well.so there you go. One of the most enjoyable dialect issues we have had is on going between Celtic in football and Celtic as the word.

 

People in Ireland say aluminium too

and its not al-yoo :tongue:

Like condominium but instead of condo its alu, (the u isnt long either)


And what Ruski said

 

Which was do you prefer?

It's Sell-tic, right?

Kel-tic sounds weird to me...

 

Well celtic mythology is pronounced K, dont know much about the team but know a good bit about the real celts :tongue:

 

Haha, you mean the Welsh!??

We are two different kind of celts, Brythonic and Gaelic

and we are the former. They stemmed from the South (Basque country, Gaul), are as far as people know (which no one really does!), the earliest celts came from the south and travelled the coast upward to Britain.

This meaning of course, speculation truly does believe the Welsh are the real Celts of Britain, although not the oldest- I think the Picts and some unnamed tribes from Scotland hold that honor.

But no one really knows- all I know is that the Irish are totally overrated


Plus I am bilingual in Welsh and English (although my English is superior), that's proper Celt!!

 

I've been telling the Americans that for years

Aluminium is the only right way for it to be said!

 

The celts came to many countries. Its a bit of a grey area anyway, not too sure about where they came from but know of the history of the celtic druids. Some mad culture that was.

 

i say aluminium ever since i discovered that some people pronounce it this way. not to sound proper or anything, just because i can.

 

I actually prefer it as being pronounced as sell-tic. It is a great thing to tease him about though and I call it a Jamesism. Using the word any other way than football, it is pronounced as kell-tic.

All the footballers and even the announcers do pronounce it that way and there is not one who can explain why.

 

Indeedy, they came from everywhere. They believe the good portion of it is the Basque, Gaul areas, Brittany and a bit of Scythia.

But, as you right mentioned, no one really has a clue. They speculate now Celts originated perhaps from the East as well, so that basically covers most of Europe now

Twas mad, and is insanely complex. It's interesting though.

Bless be with the Irish anyways, you and I both have funny sound voices to Americans