Originally posted by @moonbusIn 1807, Sir Humphry Davy, one of its discoverers, first named the metal "alumium" -- then later
Britain is a small island in the Atlantic, so there it's aluminium.
changed it to "aluminum" and eventually to "aluminium" to recover the authoritative "ium".
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/aluminium.htm
Originally posted by @moonbusDon't even go there....
If the going gets really tough, I can imagine the United Kingdom breaking up, with Scotland trying to break away and re-join the EU. Won't that be a mess?
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Originally posted by @indonesia-philWhere, Scotland? Eskdamemuir was the farthest north I ever got. Wettest place I ever saw. Rain, 465 days per year, as near as I can tell.
Don't even go there....
Scotland voted solidly to remain. I imagine they felt betrayed by the leavers' vote.
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Originally posted by @moonbusTo be fair, Scots always feel betrayed by someone. If not by the English, then by the Teuchters.
Where, Scotland? Eskdamemuir was the farthest north I ever got. Wettest place I ever saw. Rain, 465 days per year, as near as I can tell.
Scotland voted solidly to remain. I imagine they felt betrayed by the leavers' vote.