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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (7 children)

"Sceptic" is the correct spelling in the UK where Nature is headquartered.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I'll accept that when they stop pronouncing aluminum as "alumimium".

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (5 children)

But all the other elements are -iums as well, so aluminium makes more sense.

Regards someone from neither country

[–] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All of them? Are you sure?

On an unrelated note, apparently the Eagles “Their Greatest Hits” album was certified 38x Platinium.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, not all of them. I'm just too lazy to write a more accurate sentence.

-ium is a commonly used Latin suffix for elements. The name for platin cones from spanish "platina", 'little silver'.

[–] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 3 points 3 days ago

There’s also molybdenum, lanthanum, and tantalum. “ium” is not a hard and fast rule.

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