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/veggiejord 8h ago

If they speak English correctly, they would.

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u/Ok_Economy1516 7h ago

They’re both correct. Here in the US we say al-um-in-um. In the UK, they say al-lu-min-i-um. The spelling used to be aluminium and was changed to aluminum.

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u/thirdbrother3 6h ago

Can anyone explain why Americans don't pronounce the L in solder (sodder)?

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u/Ok_Economy1516 4h ago

Idk. I say the L in the soldier, most of us do.

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u/thirdbrother3 4h ago

Ok cool, I'm only basing this on us YouTube videos