Aluminum vs. Aluminium

[Audi Driver P.E.]

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

 

[thekzieg]

Aluminum because I'm American. Aluminium is British.

 

[mudpuppy]

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.

 

[MA_PE]

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"

 

[Dleg]

Let's ask canadagoose.

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

Let's ask canadagoose.

 

[canadagoose]

Let's ask canadagoose.

um, not ium, unless I'm doing it on purpose.

 

[canadagoose]

Let's ask canadagoose.

This is the only result when I search for canadagoose.

 

[leggo PE]

I have a friend from NZ who pronounces the letter "z" as zed.

 

[mudpuppy]

I have a friend from NZ who pronounces the letter "z" as zed.

Let's ask @Dexman PE PMP

 

[Ble_PE]

Let's ask @Dexman PE PMP

It's obviously zed because us ignorant Americans can't get anything right.  

 

[Road Guy]

how do you people say pecan?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

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.

 

[Dleg]

I'm pretty sure it's ass fault.

 

[Road Guy]

black gold

 

[mudpuppy]

how do you people say pecan?

My wife (native Georgian) says "It's not a pee can! That's what truckers use."

 

[Road Guy]

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

 

[MetsFan]

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.

 

[MA_PE]

black gold

texas tea

 

[MA_PE]

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.

yep.  normal people are waiting in line.