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Originally Posted by Sarah_Jayne
Get an American to say it and then get a British person to say it. It is totally different tongue action..lol
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It's not the way we say it, it's the way it is spelt (yeah, spelt is English for spelled).
Aluminum, I would say; Al-oo-min-um.
But!
Aluminium, I would say; Al-oo-min-ee-um.
Same as Yogurt, we have an "H" in there, it's called Yoghurt, and it is (subtly) spoken as, Yog-Hurt. It's not a silent "H", it's very slight.