[Ti] weird word pronunciation (seriously OT)

[Steve Wozniak]

At 9:47 AM +1000 2003.04.27, Erika wrote:

>Aluminum, theater, center and color are U.S. spellings. British/Commonwealth spellings
>are Aluminium, theatre, centre and colour (not to mention honour, valour, humour etc),
>these last being via the French, who added the 'u' to them. Color, valor, humor, honor
>are the original Latin spelling (3rd decl. nominative from memory). Theatre stems from
>the Latin Theatrum, I think. Not sure about Aluminium and centre; don't have a Latin
>dictionary handy.

<alumin.um            N      3 2 GEN P N                
alumen, aluminis  N  N 
alum; astringent substance (sulfates of aluminum), potash alum;

<http://users.erols.com/whitaker/wordsmac.htm>
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Regards,

Steve  (is tv wake zone?)