casualhippo@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoHave mercy on our soulssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1912arrow-down192
arrow-up1820arrow-down1imageHave mercy on our soulssh.itjust.workscasualhippo@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square135fedilink
minus-squareVoyajer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-21 year agoThat’s what happened to aluminium. Sir Humphrey Davey came up with aluminum in 1812 but his peers decided it wasn’t classical sounding enough.
minus-squareIgneoTalus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoI refuse to call it anything but Aluminum just for that. I find it insulting to Sir Humphrey Davey that his naming rights were basically stolen by someone completely unrelated.
minus-squareCallumWells@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoHe even called it “Alumium” before that, which I think is even better
That’s what happened to aluminium. Sir Humphrey Davey came up with aluminum in 1812 but his peers decided it wasn’t classical sounding enough.
I refuse to call it anything but Aluminum just for that. I find it insulting to Sir Humphrey Davey that his naming rights were basically stolen by someone completely unrelated.
He even called it “Alumium” before that, which I think is even better