Puddl Duk wrote:
On 9/20/05, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com wrote:
Oh god... those stupid silent letters.
"Oh gee we like Latin so much!!! Let's insert a letter for no good reason."
Island, receipt, etc
and why have four syllables when you can have FIVE !!
Aluminium
Because the IUPAC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUPAC) says so ;) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Spelling for more fun :)