Aluminium is the correct spelling in the UK and most other places. In the US they tend to use aluminum. Its interesting that one person observed that this was a misspelling.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "KT Takeshita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 4:02 PM Subject: Re: Al barrel (was: *ist D revisited ) > On 03.6.8 8:42 AM, "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > even though he doesn't know how to spell it <vbg>. > > When I was in the islands in the orient once upon a time, I always spelled > aluminium. Since I came to this continent, I see aluminum everywhere. So, > I began to use aluminum to avoid embarrassment. > > The funny thing is, as I write this in MS Entourage (Outlook equivalent), > aluminum is flagged and the spell checker (if I ever use :-) would correct > it to aluminium. > > OTOH, when I write aluminum in MS Word, it does not flag but it does when I > spelled aluminium. > > Is aluminum some kind of "American" spelling, or aluminum and aluminium > indicates any subtle difference, or no distinction at all? > > The bottom line question is "which is correct"? > > Thank you, > > Ken >
