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Does anyone else pronounce "Soldering" as "Saudering"?
TimFox:
Does anyone in the English-speaking world refer to the oxide as "aluminia" instead of "alumina"?
(Not to be confused with the Danish porcelain company's trademark.)
themadhippy:
--- Quote --- ye cannae ken everything
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But do you ken ken hen?
IanB:
--- Quote from: TimFox on November 13, 2023, 06:11:19 pm ---Does anyone in the English-speaking world refer to the oxide as "aluminia" instead of "alumina"?
(Not to be confused with the Danish porcelain company's trademark.)
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But you have soda => sodium, potash => potassium, Helios => helium, barite => barium, Titans => titanium, Magnesia => magnesium, Strontian => strontium, beryl => beryllium, and so on.
Broadly, "-ium" is just a generic ending that means "related to" or "obtained from".
I think the reason aluminum got preferred over aluminium is that aluminium is a bit of a mouthful to say. Similar to the reason that aeroplane became airplane, I would guess.
DavidAlfa:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on November 13, 2023, 06:13:06 pm ---
--- Quote --- ye cannae ken everything
--- End quote ---
But do you ken ken hen?
--- End quote ---
You got me there, no feecking idea :-DD.
My dad is Scott, but from Dundee, his accent is pretty soft, I guess 30 years in spain softtened him further, nowhere close as Glasgow's :-DD
soldar:
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