Posted by Land on Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at 11:23AM :
In Reply to: Re Wern't the early Land Rovers aluminum.... posted by The Other Ross on Tuesday, March 13, 2001 at 5:24PM :
pronounced Al You Minium.
"Aluminium" is a British metal that has the exact same makeup as aluminum with the same atomic number, same atomic weight, same bonding radius, same atomic radius, same yada, yada, yada, according to my Welsh chemistry teacher. We Americans just say it wrong :-)
Regards,
Christopher Land
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