> 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

So let's see what they have to say for themselves:

>From Alcoa's site:

"Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated
aluminum and alumina..."

The inventor called in aluminum, and the largest producer of it calls it
aluminum, but some ivory tower academes in 1812 thought it didn't sound
nifty enough and so now we have whole countries flinging an extra syllable
for flair.

=)


Kevin Graeme

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