OT: Things One Qught Not Do Just Before Bed

[Kamog]

Well, I'm in Canada and in school we always learned the spelling as aluminum, without the extra 'i' and most people I know say aluminum as well.

There have been arguments at work with our British coworkers about this as well as other discrepancies.

[AgentZero]

Like oregano?

[Randallw]

If it's an Irish pronounciation then probably it's that way here because of Australias huge Irish heritage. I for one am part Irish, but then I'm also part German, French, Scottish., and probably quite a few other ethnicities.

Edit: according to Wikipedia the US used to pronounce it properly but changed when someone put out a catalogue without adequately spell checking.