Then we also need to talk about Sodum, Potassum, Magnesum, Plutonum, Uranum, Cadmum, Chromum, Titanum and a bunch more. Why should Aluminum be the outlier?
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TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoPeople always argue that -num isn’t a legitimate way for the name of an element to end, but I never see you guys talking about Platinium.
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[deleted]UNY0N@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You know thwy spelled them all wrong on purpose, right?
PopShark@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah well blowsraspberry
Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yeah because platinum is a concept. Nobody has gotten an aluminum record, or an aluminum medal. Some metals have ascended beyond mere utility into superficiality.
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
All words are made up and language isn’t real