I think everything you just asked and said has been discussed already in this thread.
I think everything you just asked and said has been discussed already in this thread.
I don’t get the last one.
We in America have decided to not care what the Brits think as a part of who we are culturally.Restomaniac wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 22:28As an Englishman I don’t give a scooby how a nation who borrowed my language spells it. It’s spelled ‘tyre’.
You tired of it?Racer X wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 23:36We in America have decided to not care what the Brits think as a part of who we are culturally.Restomaniac wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 22:28As an Englishman I don’t give a scooby how a nation who borrowed my language spells it. It’s spelled ‘tyre’.
So your not giving a scooby does not even register. We will change anything we want to change
if we feel like it.
FTFY.Racer X wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 23:36We in America have decided to not care what the rest of the World think as a part of who we are culturally.Restomaniac wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 22:28As an Englishman I don’t give a scooby how a nation who borrowed my language spells it. It’s spelled ‘tyre’.
So your not giving a scooby does not even register. We will change anything we want to change
if we feel like it.
Kids eh!!!Racer X wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 23:36We in America have decided to not care what the Brits think as a part of who we are culturally.Restomaniac wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 22:28As an Englishman I don’t give a scooby how a nation who borrowed my language spells it. It’s spelled ‘tyre’.
So your not giving a scooby does not even register. We will change anything we want to change
if we feel like it.
cooken wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 23:52FTFY.Racer X wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 23:36We in America have decided to not care what the rest of the World think as a part of who we are culturally.Restomaniac wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 22:28As an Englishman I don’t give a scooby how a nation who borrowed my language spells it. It’s spelled ‘tyre’.
So your not giving a scooby does not even register. We will change anything we want to change
if we feel like it.
To be fair I think most Americans probably at least pronounce the r so noone should get too high and mighty about it.
On Merc assuming their setup is maybe geared towards low temps on Sunday?
I guess my memory really screwed stuff up... I stand corrected! Thatz right; not discovered by Americans but the original name, was the one the Americans adopted today..NathanOlder wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 21:24Danish Chemist discovered in 1825 apparently?PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 20:25Americans spell the 13th element "Aluminum" the British "Aluminium." i let the Americans have that one since they discovered that element and are the ones who named it.
edit. just looked, was Sir Humphry Davy from England.
Origin of Two Names
The origin of the two names may be attributable to element's discoverer, Sir Humphry Davy, Webster's Dictionary, or the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy identified the existence of the metal in alum, which he at first named "alumium" and later "aluminum." Davy proposed the name aluminum when referring to the element in his 1812 book Elements of Chemical Philosophy, despite his previous use of "alumium." The official name "aluminium" was adopted to conform with the -ium names of most other elements. The 1828 Webster's Dictionary used the "aluminum" spelling, which it maintained in later editions. In 1925, the American Chemical Society (ACS) decided to go from aluminium back to the original aluminum, putting the United States in the "aluminum" group. In recent years, the IUPAC had identified "aluminium" as the proper spelling, but it didn't catch on in North America, since the ACS used aluminum. The IUPAC periodic table presently lists both spellings and says both words are perfectly acceptable.
Spell it how you like. But don't call it "English".Racer X wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 23:36We in America have decided to not care what the Brits think as a part of who we are culturally.Restomaniac wrote: ↑10 Jul 2020, 22:28As an Englishman I don’t give a scooby how a nation who borrowed my language spells it. It’s spelled ‘tyre’.
So your not giving a scooby does not even register. We will change anything we want to change
if we feel like it.