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In the UK they say “al-yuh-min-ee-uhm” (alu­minium). In the US we say “uh-loo-muh-nuhm” (alu­minum). They think we sound silly. We think they sound silly. In fact the man who named the metal, Eng­lish chemist Sir Humphry Davy, orig­i­nal called it … Con­tinue read­ing →