> Unfortunately, many people in the U.S. had evidently stopped listening
> by that point and continued to call the stuff "aluminum," and this
> spelling became so widespread that it was eventually adopted as the
> standard in the U.S. "Aluminium," however, is the official
> spelling used by international chemical societies. One hopes that Sir
> Humphry Davy, wherever he may be, is at last happy.

So, let me get this straight, we (the English) use the international
chemical societies spelling - you know, they're the people who use the
damn stuff to make things

While the Americans just got lazy and couldn't be bothered in keeping up
with the corrected spelling

Right? <g>

Philip Arnold
Technical Director
Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099
Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911

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