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How do you say (and spell) the name of the metal identified as element number 13 on the periodic table.  Currently in a discussion in my office as to which way is proper (regardless of what is commonly used):

Aluminum? or Aluminium?

:B

 
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A similar question, how do you pronounce the letter represented by the character Z?  "zee" or "zed"?  I suspect answers will mirror Aluminum or Aluminium above.

 
A similar answer to thekziengPE above..."zee: because that's what Americans call it.  My experience is that it's generally foreigners that say "zed"

 
From what I can tell, once you leave North America, all other English speaking countries say Zed.

Here it's pronounced Al-you-min-eee-um.

Also it's: ash-fault instead of azphalt

They also seem incapable of saying several words that normally end with a vowel sound without adding an extra R: Idear, criteriar

Annoying as shit.

 
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sorry to tell her this but she is wrong. Ask her how she pronounces Houston County?

 
when you're standing in a queue waiting for something, is it in line or on line?  I'm from NY, which is apparently the only place where people say standing on line.

 
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