In article , "Katherine"
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Shillelagh wrote:
" Christine in Kent, Garden of England"
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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)

SImple, Shelagh. We spell it differently in Canada from the way it is
spelled in the UK.

Katherine

Katherine, some sources will spell it the English way and some the American way.

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