lol us over here too in places....cher


"Gwendoline Kelly" wrote in message
u...

Cher wrote
some actually say
Al-you-minium as in Al you min E um
lol....Cher

That is us Cher !!! God Bless Gwen


Gwen Kelly


"spinninglilac" wrote in message
k...
Allaminyum or sometimes Allyminyum depending of course where we are from
some actually say
Al-you-minium as in Al you min E um
lol....Cher


"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