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Thread #53143   Message #816433
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
01-Nov-02 - 07:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: AluMINium or ALUminum -more fun!
Subject: RE: BS: AluMINium or ALUminum -more fun!
Funnily enough, Kat, thease two words are a constant source of cONT-ro-versy between my American wife and myself.

I wind her up by using the British pronunciation in both cases, but, truth to tell, I think the Americans have got it right on both counts.

I mean, con-TROV-ersy ???????

Pleeeezzze ....

Murray