Dresden Ceriano Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Peewee Musytari wrote: I must admit that one makes me cringe too, almost as much as the use of word "pacific" instead of "specific" How about the other way around? ...Dres ETA: Btw, that spanking smiley is brilliant... I'm stealing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 LOL that was a cute video hehehe it reminded me of a friend telling me about the movie residentual evil when it first came out hehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peewee Musytari Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 haha good one Dres, classic Glad you enjoyed your spanking lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOXOMOXOA Ansar Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 amazingly sadly and pathetically yours, I remain Moxie Ansar PhD, DDS, MD, DVM, Esq ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Solo Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Oh yay the first new forum thread about the dumbing down of the English language! Guaranteed to produce coloUrful responses and laboUr intensive replies. Some of us couldn't care less but it's great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dresden Ceriano Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Speak for yoUrself... lol. ...Dres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloise Baily Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 From the Wiki, and I've heard this elsewhere too... In 1808, Humphry Davy identified the existence of a metal base of alum, which he at first termed alumium and later aluminum (see etymology section, below). Sorry guys, looks like us Brits are wrong on this one. I believe we changed the pronunciation and spelling so that it would fit better with other elements. I'm happy to be proved wrong, but it's 0-1 to the US on this one. Of course, I could care less, which is why I posted this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suella Ember Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Treachery! Take her to the tower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloise Baily Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Do they have cake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suella Ember Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 No, but they do have biscuits (that's biscuits, not cookies!) :smileytongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloise Baily Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Ooo I'll have a Ginger Nut please, and a cup of Tetley's. It's not half bad this treason lark is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Solo Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Eloise Baily wrote: Of course, I could care less, which is why I posted this. Roflz.. of all the American sayings that's the most mind boggling... It just doesn't make sense? o.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishtara Rothschild Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 It's aluminium in German too And I sure hope nobody wants to dispute that our spelling is correct. We Germans have started wars over lesser disagreements. Besides, there are a lot more questionable and disagreeable names in chemistry. Such as Fucitol, a sugar alcohol made from a fermented seaweed of the Fucus family (although that's kind of aptly named for an alcohol, imho). Or Cummingtonite, a mineral named after the town of Cummington, Massachusetts. No kidding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dresden Ceriano Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Ishtara Rothschild wrote: Besides, there are a lot more questionable and disagreeable names in chemistry. Such as Fucitol, a sugar alcohol made from a fermented seaweed of the Fucus family (although that's kind of aptly named for an alcohol, imho). Or Cummingtonite, a mineral named after the town of Cummington, Massachusetts. No kidding! Lmao... gotta love a scientist with a good sense of humor. ...Dres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloise Baily Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Yeah Ishy You have almost as strange a language as I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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