notbob > wrote in
news:uvPWc.38190$9d6.16881@attbi_s54:

> The only thing I'd like to know about aluminum is, how the heck do you
> Brits get [OWL-you-min-ee-um] out of a-l-u-m-i-n-u-m? That's a whole
> freakin' extra syllable, for chrissakes! You just grab that 'ee'
> thingie right out of thin air and stick it right in there without a by
> your leave. I mean, I can see spanner and bonnet and all those other
> creaky old terms, but this is just bizarre. Is it retribution for our
> taking the 'bore' out of [LAB-rih-tory]? If so, then I understand
> ...and now we're even.

http://www.world-aluminium.org/history/language.html

I googled "aluminium pronunciation":

http://www.google.com/search?num=100...e=off&c2coff=1
&q=aluminium+pronunciation&btnG=Search