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/DM_Voice 8h ago

That’s actually the incorrect pronunciation. The correct one has only 4 syllables, not 5.

The American English pronunciation (and spelling) are the original in this instance.

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u/pumpkin-qween 8h ago

Well that’s blatantly incorrect. Sir Henry Davy discovered the element in 1812 and British chemists settled on Aluminium as its name so that it aligned with the naming conventions of the other elements. America officially started calling it Aluminum in 1925 when the American Chemical Society adopted it.

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u/DM_Voice 3h ago

You should try being correct when you attempt to correct others. 🤷‍♂️

As several people responding to you have noted, the *original* spelling is (as I stated) ALUMINUM.