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Originally posted by Angus_D: Oooh, touchy. |
Because we spell it Aluminium, which is also the official IUPAC spelling of the element.
Humphry Davy originally proposed alumium for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but four years later decided to change the name to
aluminum. This change was accepted in America, but questioned in Britain because it did not conform to the -ium suffix precedent set by potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all discovered by Davy).
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
As for me-thane (Meth-ane), you are not as stupid as we are with pronouncing things in seemingly random ways!
The whole date format thing is the only anoying thing really. Having to input dates to check which way round the month and day are in web forms. month, day being british originally... Scallions? what the hell are they? Spring onions if you're wondering. I allways think they are some exotic sea food. Or somehow pirate related.
They are two separate, evolving languages. American English sounds like what is is, an amalgamation of Irish, English, German, Scottish and a host of other european languages. At least to me anyway.
English English is becoming more heavily influenced by American English these days
Humphry Davy originally proposed alumium for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but four years later decided to change the name to
aluminum. This change was accepted in America, but questioned in Britain because it did not conform to the -ium suffix precedent set by potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all discovered by Davy).
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
As for me-thane (Meth-ane), you are not as stupid as we are with pronouncing things in seemingly random ways!
The whole date format thing is the only anoying thing really. Having to input dates to check which way round the month and day are in web forms. month, day being british originally... Scallions? what the hell are they? Spring onions if you're wondering. I allways think they are some exotic sea food. Or somehow pirate related.
They are two separate, evolving languages. American English sounds like what is is, an amalgamation of Irish, English, German, Scottish and a host of other european languages. At least to me anyway.
English English is becoming more heavily influenced by American English these days
[QUOTE]Originally posted by monkpea:
[B]Because we spell it Aluminium, which is also the official IUPAC spelling of the element.
Humphry Davy originally proposed alumium for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but four years later decided to change the name to
aluminum. This change was accepted in America, but questioned in Britain because it did not conform to the -ium suffix precedent set by potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all discovered by Davy).
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
As for me-thane (Meth-ane), you are not as stupid as we are with pronouncing things in seemingly random ways!
The whole date format thing is the only anoying thing really. Having to input dates to check which way round the month and day are in web forms. month, day being british originally... And water, if I ask for a glass of war-ta I often get a black stare, and have to mimic the american wahdr. Scallions? what the hell are they? Spring onions if you're wondering. I allways think they are some exotic sea food. Or somehow pirate related.
They are two separate, evolving languages. American English sounds like what is is, an amalgamation of Irish, English, German, Scottish and a host of other european languages. At least to me anyway. Probably closer to the english spoken in England quite while back.
English English is becoming more heavily influenced by American English these days in some ways. Init?
I was half right... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english
Wikipidea 'Rocks!'
[B]Because we spell it Aluminium, which is also the official IUPAC spelling of the element.
Humphry Davy originally proposed alumium for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but four years later decided to change the name to
aluminum. This change was accepted in America, but questioned in Britain because it did not conform to the -ium suffix precedent set by potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all discovered by Davy).
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
As for me-thane (Meth-ane), you are not as stupid as we are with pronouncing things in seemingly random ways!
The whole date format thing is the only anoying thing really. Having to input dates to check which way round the month and day are in web forms. month, day being british originally... And water, if I ask for a glass of war-ta I often get a black stare, and have to mimic the american wahdr. Scallions? what the hell are they? Spring onions if you're wondering. I allways think they are some exotic sea food. Or somehow pirate related.
They are two separate, evolving languages. American English sounds like what is is, an amalgamation of Irish, English, German, Scottish and a host of other european languages. At least to me anyway. Probably closer to the english spoken in England quite while back.
English English is becoming more heavily influenced by American English these days in some ways. Init?
I was half right... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english
Wikipidea 'Rocks!'
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Originally posted by monkpea: Because we spell it Aluminium, which is also the official IUPAC spelling of the element. Humphry Davy originally proposed alumium for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but four years later decided to change the name to aluminum. This change was accepted in America, but questioned in Britain because it did not conform to the -ium suffix precedent set by potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all discovered by Davy). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium As for me-thane (Meth-ane), you are not as stupid as we are with pronouncing things in seemingly random ways! The whole date format thing is the only anoying thing really. Having to input dates to check which way round the month and day are in web forms. month, day being british originally... Scallions? what the hell are they? Spring onions if you're wondering. I allways think they are some exotic sea food. Or somehow pirate related. They are two separate, evolving languages. American English sounds like what is is, an amalgamation of Irish, English, German, Scottish and a host of other european languages. At least to me anyway. English English is becoming more heavily influenced by American English these days |
Sorry about the rambling and possible grammatical errors. I have a few watered-down American beers in me.
If we can all agree that pronunciations are different for different countries and regions (one being correct for each area, etc.) , then Mr. Jobs should be pronouncing Jaguar appropriately for his upbringing, where he lived growing up, and based on what country he is in.
So how does Jag-wire fit into that?
So how does Jag-wire fit into that?
I'd ask him how he's going to deal with potential conflict of interest between his two (ultra-cool) companies.
On the one hand he's Apple. He should be giving us ways to store and use our digital world.
On the other hand he's Pixar, and is adamant in protecting his intellectual property.
Will his interest in Pixar prevent us from unregulated, iTunes like storing, playing, and streaming [editing] of our legally owned movies on our terms, rather than this DRM crap that he's pushing to the MPAA?
We should be able to rip DVDs (HD-DVDs) to our hard drive. We should be able to stream them over the wireless network to our entertainment centers, along with the HD streams we record (and convert to the new Mpeg codec) onto our macs from our Cable carriers. This is what an Xserve Raid is for.
I'd ask him how he plans to deal with that.
On the one hand he's Apple. He should be giving us ways to store and use our digital world.
On the other hand he's Pixar, and is adamant in protecting his intellectual property.
Will his interest in Pixar prevent us from unregulated, iTunes like storing, playing, and streaming [editing] of our legally owned movies on our terms, rather than this DRM crap that he's pushing to the MPAA?
We should be able to rip DVDs (HD-DVDs) to our hard drive. We should be able to stream them over the wireless network to our entertainment centers, along with the HD streams we record (and convert to the new Mpeg codec) onto our macs from our Cable carriers. This is what an Xserve Raid is for.
I'd ask him how he plans to deal with that.