• mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      Molybdenum, lanthanum, tantalum, platinum, it’s not unique and not all got latinized.

      https://www.etymonline.com/word/aluminum

      And aluminum was what it was originally spelled as well, at this point it’s not going to change in American English. Even the IUPAC acknowledges it as accepted, it’s been there from the start can we move on past this after 200+ years?