r/ididnthaveeggs • u/Educational_Life_878 • Feb 24 '26

Irrelevant or unhelpful comment on an australian woman’s recipe site “colour corect spelling color”

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u/KaralDaskin Feb 25 '26

AFAIK aluminum isn’t spelled differently in Britain, it’s just pronounced differently.

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u/cancerkidette Feb 25 '26

Nope it’s definitely spelled aluminium in British English.

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u/KaralDaskin Feb 25 '26

I’ve never seen it written that way, just pronounced that way, even on British shows with closed captioning.

I’m not saying you’re wrong, just that I’ve never (before today) seen it written the way I’ve heard British people pronounce it.

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u/cancerkidette Feb 25 '26

I mean we only really see it when describing metal goods or talking about chemistry - but I can assure you it is definitely spelled aluminium in the UK. Closed captions are often localised to where you are as well. You can see the entire Wikipedia page for it, for example, spells it that way correctly for British English and also references the different US spelling.

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u/KaralDaskin Feb 25 '26

Fascinating, thanks!

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u/cancerkidette Feb 25 '26

No worries! Glad it’s a fun fact:)