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We say it like aloominum

This got me to wondering why we say it differently. Turns out the American Chemical Society decided to go back to the older aloominum pronunciation just because we can I guess. Kinda like the metric system I suppose...us darn Americans being a pain in the a just for the heck of it.
 
This got me to wondering why we say it differently. Turns out the American Chemical Society decided to go back to the older aloominum pronunciation just because we can I guess. Kinda like the metric system I suppose...us darn Americans being a pain in the a just for the heck of it.

One thing I found odd when I visited the states from the uk was that you guys have smaller pints of beer. I thought my eyes were deceiving me until I looked it up and found my pint was actually not the same size.
 
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