On 4/25/03 12:17 PM, "coccolithophorid at earthlink.net" <coccolithophorid at earthlink.net> wrote: > It's kind of how a lot of people in England say > al you min ee um > for aluminum when there is obviously no ee sound after the n. Actually, the proper spelling in the UK is aluminium -- Samuel W. Hotchkiss President, Contractor Services, LLC. hotch at zlit.net Laptop History: PB 145, PB 520c, PB 3400c, 400mhz Pismo, 400mhz TiBook, 667mhz TiBook (rev b), 1ghz TiBook