ACTSNYC@cs.com on sat 15 apr 00
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=3E Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:32:03 EDT
=3E From: iandol =3Ciandol=40tell.net.au=3E
=3E Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List =3CCLAYART=40LSV.UKY.EDU=3E
=3E To: CLAYART=40LSV.UKY.EDU
=3E Subject: Aluminum. Is this English?
=3E Resent-Subject: Aluminum. Is this English?
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=3E My apology to any of you who are not natural born speakers of English. =
You
=3E deserve better examples from those of us who are.
=3E The mass of post relating to possible harmful effects of ingesting
Aluminium
=3E Metal or compounds derived from Aluminium Metal cause me to ask, what =
is
=3E Aluminum?
=3E
=3E Apart from slipshod habits in preparing and sending postings to Clayart=
or
a
=3E cavalier attitude to the English Language I can only imagine it is a =
slang
=3E or locally colloquial expression. Don=92t say that everyone knows we =
mean
Alumina.
=3E Everyone never informed me of that fact. It could be confused it with
=3E Aluminium, with two I=92s.
=3E
=3E If Clayart is to become accepted as an authoritative and valid =
reference
=3E resource for current and future students, then it is imperative that =
those
=3E who post to it take as much care as possible over the way they express
=3E themselves. Editing and re-reading help to prevent errors prior to
posting. So does
=3E using. Spell Check. Yes, the odd typo will get through. But an error in
the heading
=3E is inexcusable.
=3E
=3E Again, I applogise to those who use English as their second language if
they
=3E used =22aluminum=22 in this discussion. I wish I could use their tongue=
as
well
=3E as they use mine.
=3E Ivor Lewis.
This is really funny. In the US, the correct spelling is =22aluminum.=22 =
I
hate to be the one to tell you, but there isn't one correct English any =
more.
Just like vapor vs. vapour, among vs. amongst, and on and on. But your
ATTITUDE=21 Whoa.
Monona
ferenc jakab on sun 16 apr 00
This is really funny. In the US, the correct spelling is "aluminum." I
hate to be the one to tell you, but there isn't one correct English any
more.
Just like vapor vs. vapour, among vs. amongst, and on and on. But your
ATTITUDE! Whoa.
Monona
Ivor,
As a fellow Aussie I agree with Monona. There isn't a correct English and
there never was one. A language that dosen't change is a dead one. I prefer
the English way of spelling because I grew up with it, but as a Hungarian by
birth I find the archaic spelling of English, when every other language
attempts phonetic veracity in theirs is nothing short of quaint but often
bordering on the ludicrous. I don't think much of Noah Webster's attempts at
reform because he was inconsistent in application but William Caxton with
his North(?) Country accent left us with a spelling blight which is the bane
of every school child learning to read in English.
Sorry a little off topic but I had to support our North American cousins
this once.
Feri.
Percy Toms on mon 17 apr 00
In a message dated 4/15/2000 7:32:50 PM, Monona (ACTSNYC@cs.com) writes:
>This is really funny. In the US, the correct spelling is "aluminum."
>I hate to be the one to tell you, but there isn't one correct English any
>more.
>Just like vapor vs. vapour, among vs. amongst, and on and on. But your
>ATTITUDE! Whoa.
>
>Monona
It's not just funny - it's a RIOT to see a pack of Yankees snapping at
son-of-the-Empire Ivor (such an easy target!) --- and all of you barking up
the wrong tree! LOL!
Merriam Webster's _American_ English Dictionary cites both Aluminium and
Aluminum as correct spellings of the word.
Now I've settled that brouhaha, you boys and girls can wipe the egg off your
faces and go have a beer ...
I have no problem with Ivor's thoroughness and care for the details. He's an
experienced potter who knows more than I do about many things, walks the walk
and shares a great deal of sound knowledge with us.
I appreciate most anything on Clayart that is delivered with intelligence and
conviction, expressed well.
Those of us who think for ourselves tend to like people who stand up for what
they believe, especially when its not trendy. It used to be called backbone,
remember?
Like a somewhat unfashionable gentleman potter of the old school that I
imagine him to be, Ivor cares enough about the beloved English language that
formed him to stick his neck out for it and risk the predictable jeers and
sneers... Bravo!
Ned
... quietly urging Ivor to invest in a Merriam-Webster, for all Clayarters'
peace of mind
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