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"Shillelagh" wrote in message
... "Norma Woods" wrote in message . .. When I was in school, we learned to spell it the English way. I think it's spelled the American way, now? I always pronounced it Al-u-min-ee-um in my mind to spell it out on paper. Same way we learned the English pronunciation "lef-ten-ant" instead of lieutenant. That's another word that amazes me. How you get 'lef-ten-ant" out of the spelling is a puzzle. I'm Canadian, and we usually stick with English things, but to me on this word - it's LOO TEN ANT. (shrug) Shelagh That's the way I learned it too, Shelagh! ) Peace! Gem |
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"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message ... "Shillelagh" wrote in message ... "Norma Woods" wrote in message . .. When I was in school, we learned to spell it the English way. I think it's spelled the American way, now? I always pronounced it Al-u-min-ee-um in my mind to spell it out on paper. Same way we learned the English pronunciation "lef-ten-ant" instead of lieutenant. That's another word that amazes me. How you get 'lef-ten-ant" out of the spelling is a puzzle. I'm Canadian, and we usually stick with English things, but to me on this word - it's LOO TEN ANT. (shrug) Shelagh That's the way I learned it too, Shelagh! ) Peace! Gem Everytime I hear the word "lef-ten-ant" I wonder is there is a "right-ten-ant" ? ;-)) -- Carey in MA |
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"Carey N." wrote in message news:xMe2f.4246$AR1.1486@trndny09... "MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message ... "Shillelagh" wrote in message ... "Norma Woods" wrote in message . .. When I was in school, we learned to spell it the English way. I think it's spelled the American way, now? I always pronounced it Al-u-min-ee-um in my mind to spell it out on paper. Same way we learned the English pronunciation "lef-ten-ant" instead of lieutenant. That's another word that amazes me. How you get 'lef-ten-ant" out of the spelling is a puzzle. I'm Canadian, and we usually stick with English things, but to me on this word - it's LOO TEN ANT. (shrug) Shelagh That's the way I learned it too, Shelagh! ) Peace! Gem Everytime I hear the word "lef-ten-ant" I wonder is there is a "right-ten-ant" ? ;-)) -- Carey in MA OMG, me too, Carey? And, on top of it all, I'm hearing... "I say tom may toe, you say tom mah toe, I say pot tay toe, you say poh tah toe... let's call the whole thing off.." Splort! Noreen |
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"MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca 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 [snip] 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." I'd saw AL-yu-MIN-yum. Dh agrees with me. I'm reminded of the chemistry teacher I had when I was 11yo: I lived in southern England, and she was Scottish. I'm sure was talking about "aran filings", perhaps from the Isle of Aran: she was actually saying "*iron* filings". -- Penny Gaines WIP: waistcoat for dh, crotchet blanket, spotted fake fur cushion cover, 6x6 After that... jumper for ds, cushion for dd, And then ... throw for sitting room, jumper for me |
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"Katherine" wrote in message ... 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 Well, there you go. That's my "I learned something new today" thing. ;) Shelagh |
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We always said "Leftenant", which is the Canadian way, as well as the UK and
Australian. Katherine MRH wrote: Thank you, Christine, and all the rest of you who got into this discussion. o) It all depends then on how you heard / learned the word while growing up. I know in our house we always had Reynolds Aluminum Foil, and we always said (and heard others in our area say) A-loom-in-um. This was (aluminum) also the way we learned to spell it at school. To each his/her own! ;o) Oh, Norma... I had never actually even heard the word leftenant until I saw a war movie and heard the British people saying it. I had always heard lieutenant. Maybe my ears only hear(d) in American when it came to some words? LOL I know that I grew up spelling colour with a U in there, but somewhere along the way in school I was taught that in the US they don't put the U in the word. Now I spell it either way... but I still spell it coloUr most times! Peace! Gemini - differences make us unique and interesting. ;o) " Christine in Kent, Garden of England" wrote in message ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium This will hopefully explain all, and to be honest I've never seen it spelt without 2 i's, but when I read the Wikipedia article it all became clear (ish!) Love Christine "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) Shelagh |
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Els van Dam wrote:
In article , "Katherine" wrote: Shillelagh wrote: " 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) 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. This is true. Katherine |
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Shillelagh wrote:
"Norma Woods" wrote in message . .. When I was in school, we learned to spell it the English way. I think it's spelled the American way, now? I always pronounced it Al-u-min-ee-um in my mind to spell it out on paper. Same way we learned the English pronunciation "lef-ten-ant" instead of lieutenant. That's another word that amazes me. How you get 'lef-ten-ant" out of the spelling is a puzzle. I'm Canadian, and we usually stick with English things, but to me on this word - it's LOO TEN ANT. (shrug) How do you get an "r" in "Colonel"??? Same thing. Oh, and my father, sister, and son were all in the military and they all pronounced if "leftenant". Katherine |
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Shillelagh wrote:
"Katherine" wrote in message ... 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 Well, there you go. That's my "I learned something new today" thing. ;) Then it was a good day! Katherine |
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ok, here's another one! Often. How do you pronounce it? Off-Ten, or Offen? I
was taught Off-en. But my daughter learned Off-ten in school. -- In Star love and friendship, Sister Norma Woods D.D.G.M. District 21 "MRH" mthecarpenterATxcelcoDOTonDOTca wrote in message ... Thank you, Christine, and all the rest of you who got into this discussion. ) It all depends then on how you heard / learned the word while growing up. I know in our house we always had Reynolds Aluminum Foil, and we always said (and heard others in our area say) A-loom-in-um. This was (aluminum) also the way we learned to spell it at school. To each his/her own! ;o) Oh, Norma... I had never actually even heard the word leftenant until I saw a war movie and heard the British people saying it. I had always heard lieutenant. Maybe my ears only hear(d) in American when it came to some words? LOL I know that I grew up spelling colour with a U in there, but somewhere along the way in school I was taught that in the US they don't put the U in the word. Now I spell it either way... but I still spell it coloUr most times! Peace! Gemini - differences make us unique and interesting. ;o) " Christine in Kent, Garden of England" wrote in message ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium This will hopefully explain all, and to be honest I've never seen it spelt without 2 i's, but when I read the Wikipedia article it all became clear (ish!) Love Christine "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) Shelagh |
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