• hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    Guy that named it called it Aluminum, Alumium, and Aluminium. Aluminium stuck, even in the US.

    Then some weirdo types decided they were in charge of naming things in the US decided it needs to be Aluminum. It took them about 50-90 years to succeed.