[austechwriter] Re: elemental?
- From: "Rod Ward" <rod.w@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:05:07 +0800
Actually I think you mean Alumina + heaps of electricity =3D aluminium
Alumina is a whitish powder formed in initial processing of bauxite =
(aluminium/aluminum whatever ore).
See this link:
http://www.aluminum.org/Content/NavigationMenu/The_Industry/-Alumina/Alum=
ina.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Birkwood [mailto:paul.birkwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, 23 June 2003 9:55 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: elemental?
From my studies in inorganic chemistry - oh so many years ago, I recall =
that
'aluminum' is a precursor compound before the final processing of the =
metal
aluminium. But don't quote me on this.
Aluminum + heaps of electricity =3D aluminium
Cheers
-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Kirsty.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 23 June 2003 11:00
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [austechwriter] Re: elemental?
At the STC conference in Dallas last month, I ended up discussing =
the=3D20
AUS-US differences in these two words during lunch at a table with =
other=3D20
editors. One editor commented that she was really bugged by the way=3D20
Aussies and other pronounced 'aluminium' until she found out that =
we=3D20
actually spell it that way. The general consensus at the table also =
seemed =3D
to be that they all hated the nyookyoolar pronunciation of nuclear, as =
said=3D
by their president.=3D20
I just checked www.m-w.com, the Merriam Webster's online dictionary, =
and=3D20
they date aluminum back to 1812, so the Americans have had this =
difference =3D
for a while. I found a link on the site to a list of the table of=3D20
elements, and from a very quick scan and mental cross-reference to =
my=3D20
early 90s chemistry classes, aluminum seems to be the only "-ium" =
turned=3D20
to "-um" (am happy to be corrected if that is not the case). I'd go =
with=3D20
the American standard spelling for an intended American audience or =
the=3D20
Australian standard spelling for an Aus/British audience. Or just flip =
a=3D20
coin. :)
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Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
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23-06-2003 11:18 AM
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Subject: [austechwriter] Re: elemental?
Hi Dr. Bill (Parker),
My 1969 edition of Funk & Wagnall's (US) Standard Desk Dictionary =
gives=3D20
the=3D20
spelling as "aluminum", which is really strange as aluminium (Symbol =
AI,=3D20
Atomic number 13) is a basic element and I cannot understand how the =
North =3D
Americans could get that wrong.
My recent Collins English Dictionary Australian Edition(s) give:=3D20
"aluminium" or U.S. and Canadian "aluminum".
What really gets me is how we can all spell nuclear the same, yet =
many=3D20
North American, including George W. (burning?) Bush pronounce it as=3D20
"nyookyoolar".
Regards,
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
Carnegie, Victoria, Australia.
At 17:06 22/6/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>I have an argument going on with a client about the spelling of
>aluminium. Thats how I think it should be spelled. (like Sodium,
>Gallium, Ruthenium and all the other "iums"). He says Aluminum.
>What's the current acceptable spelling? Sounds American....like
>Americium??!!
>
>
>Bill
>
>--
>Dr Bill Parker
>RENEW - Scientific and Technical writing & editing in energy and=3D20
resources.
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>08 9371 6373 0403 583 676
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