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Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed in
another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how you, in your
part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium. She is
the only person I (or my parents) had ever heard pronounce it this way. The
first time she said it, we honestly had no clue as to what she was talking
about. She kept asking if we had any, and we thought she might have been
talking about some sort of medication (like Tylenol for headaches, or
Pepto-Bismal for stomach problems) that we don't have here in Canada, so we
said "No, we don't have that... what is it used for, maybe we have something
similar." That was when she said that it is silver coloured and shiny and
you cover food with it. The light went on over all of our heads and we
said almost in unison "Ohhhh, aLUminum foil, yes we have that!" She became
very agitated and indignant and said "In England it is pronounced
A-lu-MIN-ium, and since we speak *proper* English that is the correct way of
saying it, NOT the way you say it here in Canada."

Peace!
Gemini

MRH wrote:
Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed in
another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how you, in your
part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium. She is
the only person I (or my parents) had ever heard pronounce it this way. The
first time she said it, we honestly had no clue as to what she was talking
about. She kept asking if we had any, and we thought she might have been
talking about some sort of medication (like Tylenol for headaches, or
Pepto-Bismal for stomach problems) that we don't have here in Canada, so we
said "No, we don't have that... what is it used for, maybe we have something
similar." That was when she said that it is silver coloured and shiny and
you cover food with it. The light went on over all of our heads and we
said almost in unison "Ohhhh, aLUminum foil, yes we have that!" She became
very agitated and indignant and said "In England it is pronounced
A-lu-MIN-ium, and since we speak *proper* English that is the correct way of
saying it, NOT the way you say it here in Canada."

That *is* how the word's pronounced in England. Notice that they throw
in an extra `i', so maybe that's why. g

sue

"suzee" wrote in message
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MRH wrote:
Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed in
another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how you, in
your part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium. She
is the only person I (or my parents) had ever heard pronounce it this
way. The first time she said it, we honestly had no clue as to what she
was talking about. She kept asking if we had any, and we thought she
might have been talking about some sort of medication (like Tylenol for
headaches, or Pepto-Bismal for stomach problems) that we don't have here
in Canada, so we said "No, we don't have that... what is it used for,
maybe we have something similar." That was when she said that it is
silver coloured and shiny and you cover food with it. The light went on
over all of our heads and we said almost in unison "Ohhhh, aLUminum foil,
yes we have that!" She became very agitated and indignant and said "In
England it is pronounced A-lu-MIN-ium, and since we speak *proper*
English that is the correct way of saying it, NOT the way you say it here
in Canada."

That *is* how the word's pronounced in England. Notice that they throw in
an extra `i', so maybe that's why. g

sue

Ahhh, thank you, Sue! :o) I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but
she really did used to get on her high horse from time to time, and so we
just thought that's what she was doing when she got huffy about our
pronunciation of the word.

Peace!
Gemini

Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i" in the
word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't all our
differences what make the world a more interesting place?
Love Christine

"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message
...
Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed in
another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how you, in
your part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium. She
is the only person I (or my parents) had ever heard pronounce it this way.
The first time she said it, we honestly had no clue as to what she was
talking about. She kept asking if we had any, and we thought she might
have been talking about some sort of medication (like Tylenol for
headaches, or Pepto-Bismal for stomach problems) that we don't have here
in Canada, so we said "No, we don't have that... what is it used for,
maybe we have something similar." That was when she said that it is
silver coloured and shiny and you cover food with it. The light went on
over all of our heads and we said almost in unison "Ohhhh, aLUminum foil,
yes we have that!" She became very agitated and indignant and said "In
England it is pronounced A-lu-MIN-ium, and since we speak *proper* English
that is the correct way of saying it, NOT the way you say it here in
Canada."

Peace!
Gemini

"suzee" wrote in message
eenews.net...
MRH wrote:
Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed
in another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how
you, in your part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium.

Yep.. that is how we say it!

" Christine in Kent, Garden of England"
wrote in message
...
Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i" in the
word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't all our
differences what make the world a more interesting place?
Love Christine

Okay I gotta ask this - if I'm understanding you correctly - you say
AL-YOU-MIN-EE-UM??? The word is spelled A-L-U-M-I-N-U-M. As a Canadian,
I learned to pronounce it A-LOOM-IN-UM. We are also pronouncing all the
letters that are there, without the EE, which is the non existant "i".
Scratching my head. Can you help me understand? (laugh)

Shelagh

In article ws.net,
suzee wrote:
MRH wrote:
Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed in
another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how you, in your
part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium. She
is the only person I (or my parents) had ever heard pronounce it this way.
snip
said almost in unison "Ohhhh, aLUminum foil, yes we have that!"
She became very agitated and indignant and said "In England it is
pronounced A-lu-MIN-ium, and since we speak *proper* English that
is the correct way of saying it, NOT the way you say it here in Canada."

That *is* how the word's pronounced in England. Notice that they throw
in an extra `i', so maybe that's why. g

When the metal was first named, it was named aluminum by its UK-citizen
discoverer. Then the UK scientific commnity decided that it should follow
the pattern of things like "barium" and added the "i" (and never mind "aurum").
The US scientific community kept the original spelling. Both are correct.

=Tamar

"Shillelagh" wrote in message
...

" Christine in Kent, Garden of England"
wrote in message
...
Yes that's how we say it, and actually we don't put an *extra* "i" in
the
word, we just pronounce all the letters that are there. Aren't all
our
differences what make the world a more interesting place?
Love Christine

Okay I gotta ask this - if I'm understanding you correctly - you say
AL-YOU-MIN-EE-UM??? The word is spelled A-L-U-M-I-N-U-M. As a
Canadian,
I learned to pronounce it A-LOOM-IN-UM. We are also pronouncing all
the
letters that are there, without the EE, which is the non existant "i".
Scratching my head. Can you help me understand? (laugh)

In UK it has never been spelled aluminum. It is and has always been
spelled aluminium. I don't know who spelled it first but that is how it
is here

MRH wrote:
Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed
in another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how
you, in your part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium. She is
the only person I (or my parents) had ever heard pronounce it
this way. The first time she said it, we honestly had no clue as to
what she was talking about. She kept asking if we had any, and we
thought she might have been talking about some sort of medication
(like Tylenol for headaches, or Pepto-Bismal for stomach problems)
that we don't have here in Canada, so we said "No, we don't have
that... what is it used for, maybe we have something similar." That
was when she said that it is silver coloured and shiny and you cover
food with it. The light went on over all of our heads and we said
almost in unison "Ohhhh, aLUminum foil, yes we have that!" She
became very agitated and indignant and said "In England it is
pronounced A-lu-MIN-ium, and since we speak *proper* English that is
the correct way of saying it, NOT the way you say it here in Canada."

Gem,
They also spell it differently - spelling it as your aunt pronounced it -
Al-u-MIN-i-um.

HTH

Katherine

"Richard Eney" wrote in message
...
In article ws.net,
suzee wrote:
MRH wrote:
Just curious, since pronunciations of other words are being discussed in
another thread... Can someone from England please tell me how you, in
your
part of the country, pronounce the word ALUMINUM please?

My late mother-in-law (from Ashford Kent) used to say A-lu-MIN-ium. She
is the only person I (or my parents) had ever heard pronounce it this
way.
snip
said almost in unison "Ohhhh, aLUminum foil, yes we have that!"
She became very agitated and indignant and said "In England it is
pronounced A-lu-MIN-ium, and since we speak *proper* English that
is the correct way of saying it, NOT the way you say it here in Canada."

That *is* how the word's pronounced in England. Notice that they throw
in an extra `i', so maybe that's why. g

When the metal was first named, it was named aluminum by its UK-citizen
discoverer. Then the UK scientific commnity decided that it should follow
the pattern of things like "barium" and added the "i" (and never mind
"aurum").
The US scientific community kept the original spelling. Both are correct.

=Tamar

TA DA!!! Thank you Tamar! After reading Shelagh's response and thinking
the same thing (that we don't have an extra "i" in the word here, I was
wondering. Your answer cleared it all up once and for all. :o)

Peace!
Gemini