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[–] 5 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

We spell that word aluminum, not aluminium. That's why we pronounce it that way. Why we spell it differently? No clue.

Also it's not just a billion. A trillion is a thousand billion on this side of the pond, and has been since well before any Americans were even close to being billionaires. We just use a smaller standard for counting, but that's also the standard French and Latin used, so I don't think it has anything to do with us.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago*

    Ok, I can see that. There are a couple of State Capitol Buildings whose domes are covered in Aluminum Leaf, which would now be called aluminum foil, and I have square yards of the stuff in my kitchen and garage. At the time they were built aluminum was still difficult to get, less than two decades after they were built electrolysis guy did his thing, lol.

    I knew that at one point King Louis the somethingth or other, had a full set of aluminumware to serve extremely important guests with. Like, not just cutlery. Plates, saucers, bowls, cups and goblets. The less distinguished guests had to eat and drink out of platinum, gold, or (gasp) silver.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Nobody thinks aluminum is a rare and valuable metal.

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