Aussiedrongo 
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I would like to use Mercury please.
Reply #21. Mar 28 11, 10:04 PM
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kyleisalive
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This challenge is bringing all kinds of new names to the Lounge- welcome to you as well! :)
Reply #22. Mar 28 11, 10:25 PM
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rossian
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New faces are always welcome. Nice to have you here Malik and Drongo.
Reply #23. Mar 29 11, 12:44 AM
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pollucci19
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I'll second that ... good to see you here guys
Reply #24. Mar 29 11, 2:43 AM
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dcpddc478
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Kyle, the title I am looking at using is "Flatulance.. it's Not a Noble Gas"..will this be O.K.?
Reply #25. Mar 29 11, 5:21 AM
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kyleisalive
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Sounds fair. :)
Reply #26. Mar 29 11, 7:48 AM
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| aya3098
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May I trade? I originally had an idea, but it seems like it won't work out. I will take Aluminum if it's alright.
Reply #27. Mar 31 11, 2:09 PM
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Rowena8482
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straw poll - A-Loo-Min-Um or Al-You-Min-Ee-Um? :-D
Reply #28. Mar 31 11, 4:13 PM
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looney_tunes
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Even here where it is traditionally spelled al,uminium, more and more people pronounce it aluminum, to the horror of older people who can't understand why they mispronounce the word which so clearly has an 'i' in it, like most other metals. The oxide alumina doesn't pose any problems for anyone :)
Reply #29. Mar 31 11, 4:17 PM
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looney_tunes
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the traditional spelling does NOT include that random comma - aluminium is it.
Reply #30. Mar 31 11, 4:18 PM
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Rowena8482
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I always hear Scotty from Star Trek when I hear aluminum - the bit in "the one with the whales" where he is trying to talk to the computer, and then gives the random present time blokey the "recipe" for some wonderful new form of aluminium. (And now I am exposed forever as a sad Trekkie nerd lol)
Reply #31. Mar 31 11, 5:06 PM
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eburge
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Aluminium all the way!
Reply #32. Mar 31 11, 5:55 PM
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pollucci19
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"straw poll" .... for a minute I thought you were calling me names Row
Al You Min yum ... for me thanks
it's almost as bad as BAZ-ILL or BAY-ZILL
or OH-REG-AN-OH or ORRY-GAR-NO
Reply #33. Mar 31 11, 8:30 PM
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rossian
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The English way for me. Emphasis on the 'min' and 'ium' at the end.
Reply #35. Apr 01 11, 6:48 AM
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salami_swami
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I have grown up with the American pronunciation, aluminum. No I. So I'm used to that.
I also prefer "escape" to "exscape", "nuclear" to "nucular", and I know one person who pronounced "Christendom" as "Kris-TEN-dum", major emphasis on the "ten".
Reply #36. Apr 01 11, 10:20 AM
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Aussiedrongo
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Firstly I would like to say thankyou for the warm welcome, secondly I would like to say L-U-MIN-E-UM and finally I would like to inform that my quiz 'Mercury Rising' has been submitted to the Music editors.
Reply #37. Apr 01 11, 10:32 AM
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| aya3098
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I thought about the aluminum/aluminium issue while starting this quiz... does it seem like it would be necessary to include a footnote in one of the questions or the introduction, or not?
I plan to use "aluminum" instead of the English spelling. I know there's some rule that I read somewhere long ago explaining that you should remain consistent with your American/English spellings, so that makes me think it's unnecessary.
Now I'm self-conscious about always saying "nucular..." I never realized how horribly I mispronounced it. I'm sitting here, mumbling it to myself as I type...
Reply #38. Apr 02 11, 11:57 AM
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Oidioid32123
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Mine is still in the queue.
Reply #40. Apr 02 11, 2:25 PM
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