An Old Debate: Aluminium vs. Aluminum?

[PabloMack]

[TheBadger]

Before I said "Proper English" is nice to hear. Of course I meant in any dialect or accent. I also meant I like to hear British speech in proper English. I also like Scotch and Irish. But what drives me nuts is hearing broken English in a British accent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ng3fG1u4Xg

But Pablo, it seems to me you are taking a more scientific approach to what is a better question for the humanities. The brits spell things wrong for the same reason they drive on the wrong side of the road. Their queen told them too. 

Now what about the "color shaders"?  Anyway, its more annoying how hippies spell fish.


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corrected my spelling because the irony was too much for me.

[PabloMack]

But Pablo, it seems to me you are taking a more scientific approach to what is a better question for the humanities.

In this case, though, the word for the 13th element on the periodic table was coined by a "scientist" and scientists actively Latinize and Grecize their words. I think it is interesting how issues like this are usually a lot more murky that meets the eye.

And sometimes the problem is caused because a scientist is not involved. According to my botany teacher the Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) is actually not the official state flower of Texas though most people think it is. At one of the legislature meetings all the lawmakers were enthusiastic about making it official and there was no disagreement among them that they wanted to make this species the official state flower. But then one of them said "Hold On. They are growing outside on the lawn of the state capitol building. I'll get one and we'll make that the official state flower". So he proceeded to run out and grabbed a Lupinus subcarnosus (Sandyland Bluebonnet) and they made that the official state flower. Texas has so many botanists on their payroll and they didn't even bother to use one of them to get it right. I just found a website that tells a different story so I don't know which story is actually correct. But then, if it is on the Internet, it MUST be correct...right?

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/flowers/bluebonnet/bluebonnetstory.html

corrected my spelling because the irony was too much for me.

We all make mistakes. Luckily this forum allows you to correct them. The Lightwave Forum closes editing after a time and it becomes too late to make changes. Even so, it asks why you want to make an edit.

[TheBadger]

But then one of them said "Hold On. They are growing outside on the lawn of the state capitol building. I'll get one and we'll make that the official state flower". So he proceeded to run out and grabbed a Lupinus subcarnosus and they made that the official state flower. Texas has so many botanists on their payroll and they didn't even bother to use one of them to get it right.

Ha ha ! That must be the true story. That summarizes the government in general perfectly. actually now, in that light, probably the brits are right about the OP. They still drive on the wrong side of the road though.