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Wilco@lemm.ee 4 days agoI explained the whole naming process. You gotta read it. The US was given the name as Aluminum and did not change it when the British changed it a third time.
Comment on Add it to the pile of reasons to hate 'em
Wilco@lemm.ee 4 days agoI explained the whole naming process. You gotta read it. The US was given the name as Aluminum and did not change it when the British changed it a third time.
gmtom@lemmy.world 4 days ago
But aluminum is nit the original name and you explain that. It’s also not the correct way either.
Wilco@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Welcome to ignore. Everyone else understood the discussion … you are the outlier.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Dude, seriously — say the words in your head as you read them.
gmtom@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Alumium is the original name. You can’t explicity say that and then also argue that Aluminum is the original. It’s a direct contradiction.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
‘This just in, new evidence suggests that Tolkien’s working title for ‘The Lord of the Rings’ was ‘Guy With Rings Wants to Conquer the World’. According to gmtom - this is what we should call Lord of the Rings, because it’s the original name.’
Look up prescriptivism, you sound like a dipshit.