Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Canadian lenses (now aluminxxxx)
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 10:42:20 -0400
References: <20010509080215.94372.qmail@web9102.mail.yahoo.com>

At 08:20 AM 5/9/2001 -0500, Sonny Carter wrote:
>I just realized, that's why Brits say Al-u-min-i-um instead
>of A-lu-min-um . . . They park an extra i in the word!
>Now, if we could get them to spell tire right, maybe we
>could understand one another.

The spelling was "aluminium" until ALCOA was founded in Pittsburgh around
1867 or so, and their signpainter got the name wrong.  ALCOA didn't have
the money to have the sign repainted, so the new spelling stuck.  Or so I
was taught at Jefferson Junior High School in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania,
around 1965.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!

In reply to: Message from Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com> (RE: [Leica] Canadian lenses)