@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1588arrow-down120cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1568arrow-down1imageThis is outrageous! It's unfair!lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square59fedilinkcross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
minus-square@Grass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•edit-25 months agoEveryone involved in that was british iirc. The guy that named it spelled it like 4 or 5 different ways and eventually aluminum mostly stuck, but the other science guys wanted everything to end in ‘ium’
minus-square@ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilink1•5 months agoIum version also fits in UK accents better
Everyone involved in that was british iirc. The guy that named it spelled it like 4 or 5 different ways and eventually aluminum mostly stuck, but the other science guys wanted everything to end in ‘ium’
Ium version also fits in UK accents better