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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Weirdo types that decided they were in charge of naming things decided to name it Aluminium so it "matched" the likes of other metals like titanium, iridium, etc

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Guy that named it called it Aluminum

Let me guess: you pronounce GIF as Jif just because the creator is a peanut butter obsessed weirdo who couldn't pronounce "graphics"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

couldn't pronounce "graphics"

That's not how acronym pronunciation works though. We don't pronounce them based on the words they stand for, otherwise we would pronounce NASA, SCUBA, LASER, etc. differently. Both pronunciations have valid arguments so why can't we just accept both and stop being weird about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because I arbitrarily decided it's gif 13 years ago and anyone who says it the other way is wrong 😡😡😡

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