PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down121
arrow-up1569arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 days 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-up1·8 days 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