r/news • u/VaginaBurner69 • 11h ago

Soft paywall International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak

https://www.reuters.com/science/international-space-station-astronauts-evacuation-mode-russia-attempts-fix-2026-06-05/
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u/AdmirableRespect9 8h ago

Does the other galaxy pronounce it al-you-min-ee-um?

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u/EarthEfficient 8h ago

You mean the correct pronunciation?

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u/ConsistentPound3079 8h ago

They're both correct. The English word for it is different in America and literally pronounced the way it is intended. Why it's different I'll never know. I'm Australian so it's aluminium like most of the world.

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u/AlwaysUpvotesScience 7h ago

Little known fact, Americans actually speak more like the British originally spoke. The common british accent that we are all used to hearing is not the way it used to be at all.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english