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How do you pronounce aluminum?

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Avifarer
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My entire life i have always pronounced it
a-loom-in-um
but this year i am working at the ski hill and have been around lots of aussies and brits and they say it
a-loom-in-e-um.
which makes sense because that is how it is spelled.
but the first time i heard them say it it blew my FUCKING MIND.
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Nov 25 2010 12:41AM
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teleak
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Nov 25 2010 12:42AM
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jibberwookie22
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i believe that is because the brits spell it aluminIum instead of aluminum which makes it sound different
Nov 25 2010 12:54AM
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Newschooled
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AL EW MIN UM
Nov 25 2010 12:57AM
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charmander
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this

orrr

uh-loo-min-um
Nov 25 2010 12:59AM
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PeterWojnar
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AL YOU MIN KNEE YUM

or

AL OO MIN UM

I don't give two shits, but if you don't have a brit/aussi/kiwi/south african accent and say it the first way, you sound retarded.
Nov 25 2010 1:00AM
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Joshua.
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No matter what your accent is, if you say it the first way you are full retard.
Nov 25 2010 1:52AM
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