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I call it a Porsch... I don't care... In Europe everybody calls them Porsch. Even in Germany...
You don't call your Bimmer a BA AM WAA, do you? Or your Benz a MERZEDEES?
Mike.. ALUMINUM :1812, coined by Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), from L. alumen "alum" (see alum). Davy originally called it alumium (1808), then amended this to aluminum, which remains the U.S. word, but British editors in 1812 further amended it to aluminium, the modern preferred British form, to better harmonize with other element names (sodium, potassium, etc.).
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