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Old 07-24-2013, 07:08 PM  
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Originally Posted by Sarah_Jayne View Post
Get an American to say it and then get a British person to say it. It is totally different tongue action..lol
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.
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