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      10 months ago

      In the original book it was written as aluminum, the British publisher, got it wrong and the country has been saying it wrong ever since.

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        the country has been saying it wrong ever since

        If by country you mean the USA (and its northern colony). Literally everyone else in every language that matters spells it aluminium.

        Also, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element.