>>>>>>Is today some holiday in the US?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, it's called Labor Day.
>>>>
>>>>And in the UK and here it is Labour Day. < snicker >
>>>
>>>Quit laughing, you guys can't even pronounce "schedule". :)
>>
>>That one I can see, but how do you get "al-you-mini-um" out of aluminum? That's adding an extra syllable. :)
>>
>>Michelle
>
>There's some of us confused how you get "al-oo-min-um" out of alumin
ium, dropping a syllable !
German: Aluminium
Spanish: aluminio
I assume both are derived from Latin.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
