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Originally Posted by crucifissio
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...
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ah, so the brits just added in the extra i so the spelling would match the ununciation.
cheeky.