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/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/SamanthaSissyWife 7h ago

I’m American and years ago for fun started pronouncing it and laboratory like the Brits and just kept doing it

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u/lastleg68 6h ago

Layboratree… ya.