General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Joseph Smitters on September 06, 2012, 02:38:08 PM
Title: Aluminum?
Post by: Joseph Smitters on September 06, 2012, 02:38:08 PM
Me and Matt are having a fight about the correct way to say it. We Americans are obviously better! :D
Title: Re: Aluminum?
Post by: Psycho29388 on September 06, 2012, 02:40:16 PM
I say it like this
A-loo-min-num
Title: Re: Aluminum?
Post by: tics on September 06, 2012, 02:49:20 PM
I say it like Psycho says it, although the word doesn't come up often. In my area of the country, New England, common aluminum items like aluminum foil use the word "tin." (Aluminum foil is tin foil here, for example)
Title: Re: Aluminum?
Post by: Technical Abbreviations on September 06, 2012, 02:53:58 PM
Ah-loo-min-um Ive never heard to pronounced the "American" or the "English" way. Maybe youre crazy.
Title: Re: Aluminum?
Post by: Psycho29388 on September 06, 2012, 04:27:26 PM
What was the point of the last 2 posts?
Title: Re: Aluminum?
Post by: Scratchie on September 06, 2012, 04:34:38 PM
It's the english way.
Source: Working in machine shops that use billet aluminum.
Title: Re: Aluminum?
Post by: Penguin on September 07, 2012, 11:33:39 PM
Variations of words are quite common in different areas of the world. Use whatever you prefer, and stop bickering.
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Joseph Smitters on September 06, 2012, 02:38:08 PM