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Originally Posted by fitzmulti
Nice try...LOL
It is spelled aluminum
A-Lu-Min-Um is how it is pronounced.
{{ NOT al-u-min-E-Uhm}}
No I, E or other extra vowel back there.
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alu - greek or latin for salt im not sure
minium - another similar salt mineral with a red oxide color used by the romans
they are both similar to bauxite from witch aluminum is transformed...
alu-minium loses one i and becomes aluminum but the european pronunciation is technically correct...