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[WichitaBrewer]

Wow, I think I've gotten just a little bit dumber from reading this thread! I love watching the multi-cultural version on Seinfeld right here in the BN forum! Time for a homebrew!

Cheers!

WichitaBrewer

[Bugeater]

Thanks for the public service, Thirsty Boy. For many years I have wondered how many pounds in a stone. Now I know. Yes, I really have been curious about that for years, but never curious enough to look it up except for times when I was too drunk to look it up.

Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company

[bub]

And don't get me started on alumINium. How a nation that can lose a whole syllable became a superpower is beyond me.

I'll get you started... while it SHOULD be Al U Min E Yum the Brit who "discovered" it spelled it Aluminum (Al oom In Um) Why did he spell it like that?? Because he was a bad typist... Deal with your mistakes it's Aluminum note no I after the n.

The Contenental war shall continue.
BUB

EDIT
In 1808 Sir Humphrey Davy proposed the name ALUMIUM for the metal. This rather unwieldy name was soon replaced by ALUMINUM and later the word ALUMINIUM was adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists in order to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements. By the mid-1800s both spellings were in use, indeed Charles Dickens commented at the time that he felt both names were too difficult for the masses to pronounce!

I may have been wrong about the typo... But I still stand fast that ALUMINUM came before ALUMINIUM as far as pronounciation...
BTW the only morons who use the "stone" as a measure of weight are Brits. Yes I just started up with the Brits....

Good Arguement though... even though you are wrong.

[Airgead]

And don't get me started on alumINium. How a nation that can lose a whole syllable became a superpower is beyond me.

I'll get you started... while it SHOULD be Al U Min E Yum the Brit who "discovered" it spelled it Aluminum (Al oom In Um) Why did he spell it like that?? Because he was a bad typist... Deal with your mistakes it's Aluminum note no I after the n.

The Contenental war shall continue.
BUB

EDIT
In 1808 Sir Humphrey Davy proposed the name ALUMIUM for the metal. This rather unwieldy name was soon replaced by ALUMINUM and later the word ALUMINIUM was adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists in order to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements. By the mid-1800s both spellings were in use, indeed Charles Dickens commented at the time that he felt both names were too difficult for the masses to pronounce!

I may have been wrong about the typo... But I still stand fast that ALUMINUM came before ALUMINIUM as far as pronounciation...
BTW the only morons who use the "stone" as a measure of weight are Brits. Yes I just started up with the Brits....

Good Arguement though... even though you are wrong.

is this ther first time actual historical research has been done on the BN forums?

But by that same argument (earlier is better) you would still be counting in roman numerals (or sumarian or babylonian) or using the imperial system of measurement instead of the superior system that replaced it. Hang on you DO use the imperial system instead of the superior one that replaced it...

Cheers
Dave