While we're at it... @Captain_John, shouldn't your avatar image say "Aluminium Mistress"?
,,,This thread could be misconstrued as an attempt to torture dyslexics.
Oh!
...and exactly WHEN is next Wednesday?
How is it different from this Wednesday?
God forbid we discuss the following Wednesday!
CJ
According to Webster "aluminum" is the way we spell it in the USA. Seems that everywhere else it is "aluminium". CJ
Anyone who is dyslexic should join "DAM", (Mothers Against Dyslexia)
This is because the naming process got screwed up beginning in (1807). Sir Humphry Davy originally called it Alumium later changing it to Aluminum (1812) but the scientific community thought it should be Aluminium to maintain naming consistencies of the time. In the newspapers of the time, the spelling was about evenly split between the two spellings indicating confusion already settling in. Eventually, Webster's called it Aluminum (1828) but and Oxford called it Aluminium (1826) slightly earlier. The rest is history.
Bevan
I'm tolerant of most of the mis-spellings listed thus far, but if you are one of the many who pronounce "jewelry" as "jewlary", you can't be my friend. I've even heard it mis-pronounced this way on jewelry store tv commercials.
Did the house burn UP or burn DOWN?
I prefer to use strain gages to measure stress. Never have had too much luck using strain gauges.
-larosta
My pet peeve: "loose" instead of "lose".
Anyone who is dyslexic should join "DAM", (Mothers Against Dyslexia)
I didn't know Al Gore was British!... jet engines, supersonic flight and..... the internet.
I think we are about even at the moment - eh ?
And the plural that has become popular recently:
Aircrafts
That one just grates on my nerves
An as yet unmentioned, and very common word crime: "breaks" instead of "brakes". I see the incorrect word used as frequently as the right version both on this forum and on automotive forums I'm on. Drives me almost as crazy as the "hangar/hanger" example, and my wife will attest that hearing someone in the media use "aircrafts" on air pretty much causes me to lose it. Yes, I have issues. No, I'm not working on them