• Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    In the original book it was written as aluminum, the British publisher, got it wrong and the country has been saying it wrong ever since.

    • crispy_kilt@feddit.de
      2·
      9 months ago

      the country has been saying it wrong ever since

      If by country you mean the USA (and its northern colony). Literally everyone else in every language that matters spells it aluminium.

      Also, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element.