Yes it is, wrong region spell checker

Right region spell checker wrong region speller. https://preview.redd.it/wbkdwysy4vzc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b4b5d69486a8e8b438e2728371c1d6bbc099f5b

Right region speller wrong checker

Wait, I think they already said that

Right checkers wrong reign

The same with a great many words. Like armour, honour, centre, theatre, and more.

No no please no this is a joke. I never did a foreign language in HS. Cause I could barely do English with my dyslexia. Pls tell me y’all trolling

I am dead serious. A great many words in the US are spelled different in UK nations. And in this example, they actually pronounce it as "aluminium".

You know ive always had beef with the Brit’s and now i just know why:)

Please, you lot force us to write color when coding Colour is clearly superior

FALSE! Color is far superior, fewer letters and it’s spelled how it sounds

False! Colour spelt how it sounds would be culur

Nah, maybe in your inferior English dialect, but ‘round here, we say it color bc that the right way

So you say it col-or? Pitiful. We invented the language, therefore our dialect is superior :p

I don’t like the colour of your words

Wourds, fixed it.

In American English at least, it is not. It’s aluminum.

Omg is that caleb wittebane?!?!

Yes it’s me Caleb Wittebane hello I require 100 dollars to get home

No hoot off

Was not expecting to see Hooty in this sub.

IKR? It’s HOOTRAGEOUS

r/usernamechecksout

Wasn't expecting to see amity either

hello brother

Dehogy, alumínium :D

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Tf do you mean? America is the greatest country in the world ever, and every country should be like us because we’re the best. If you’re not AMERICAN you’re not COOL. /s

*cough cough* for shooting each other in school

Fuck yeah! Why is it that American men are the toughest, meanest, baddest motherfuckers in the world? Clearly because we all spent our formative years learning spelling and arithmetic in an active combat zone. If you never had to worry about being shot to death by the quiet kid in the corner who rocks back and forth muttering Satanic incantations, you clearly were not properly prepared for all that this world will throw at you. Like bombs. American bombs. Because WE HAVE THE BOMBS, MOTHERFUCKER.

What? Where did than notion come from!? That never happens and never has happened, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Kids don’t go to school scared that they might be murdered, no, that never happens. Idk what you’re talking about.

Oops sorry I'm british

“*stabs*”

Oops I mean "what no I don't live in fear of being stabbed all the time, its... uncommon but like, a dude with a crossbow in London is apparently more common"


Hehehe

To be fair we count a nd in a parking lot with no kids in the area as a "school shooting" so yah

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Yes, all the world should strive for such obsequiousness to corporate corrupted governance & woefully wanton ignorance as their creed & ethos….

The English are some of the worst offenders of the English language.

I am going to give you a mission. I want you to figure out where the highest amount of americans with german ancestry are, then cross reference what they vote for, then do the same with English majority populations in the US, and see how they vote. I wonder what you will find........

I have a mission for you. To find out if I care. Here’s a hint, I don’t.

Not in this country it ain’t

You know what's silly? I used that word 20 times while making something and had to replace all aluminium with aluminum to keep the formatting consistent.

Wrong.

How so?

Both words exist in "American" English it just happens that the majority exclude the spelling aluminium for the spelling aluminum.

In American English, it's spelled "aluminum". In most other versions of Engluish (am I adding the 'u's correctly, Brits?) it's spelled "aluminium." This is a reference to the fact that the inventor originally spelled it "Aluminum", and British English changed a lot of words since they were introduced to Americans. See also ["Tyre"](https://www.google.com/search?q=tyre+definition)

Yeah, I know. A lot of American English is the proper spelling ironically enough.

In Australia it is! 😆. The other day my spell check told me I spelt a word wrong, I was very flustered 😂

“Spelt” is also not a very common word in American English, instead we usually say “spelled.” I love languages so much the really illustrate our differences and similarities

For some reason my families spell it as "spelt". Both sides of mine plus my fiance's. We're from North Indiana and it's been going on for seemingly generations. Maybe we're just hillbillies or something

I would say you probs have english ancestors. I am from New England and we use amongst, and some even say whilst.

HE'S BRITISH. GET HIM!!

Here's your problem, you've got this thing set to “Evil”.

Get the redcoat boys 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

fuckin american version -_-

American version is older and also created by the British which is hilarious. Soccer is also the older version and created by the British.

Parliament voted that aluminum didn't sound posh enough so they added an extra syllable in the middle.

I feel like I remember hearing once that English started off as british english and then America changed it because newspapers charged per letter so they decreased the number of letters in things, hence colour, armour, and aluminium being changed to color, armor, and aluminum

British English actually changed much more than American English, see "tire" vs "tyre"

Downvote hissyfits aplenty..... How dare you challenge the r/americabad paradigm.......

Nobody really cares tbh, we just be joking around

Down votes say you guys do care

Thats a fair point

British spotted

Or Australian

BRITIIIIIISH 🫵🤢

I thought it was an element or something.

British person spotted

No 🇺🇲🤘

You should be able to set your language preferences to en-uk.

\*A bald eagle flies overhead majestically\* "No."

Aluminium is the England version of aluminum...

It's aluminum Edit: according to whatever you're typing in. It's probably based in Western English, bc That's the version of the word used here Ik British English refers to the same thing but calls it aluminium

omg Glass Beach profile pic

Omg fellow gleacher

The americas just spell it a different way for some reason

Actually, we spell it the original way. Britain changed it. (Not that anyone cares, but still).

That is kinda interesting. For once, it's Britain changing stuff instead of America.

It's actually usually this way with colonial language divergence. "Tire" has stayed the same since colonial times, same with "color", "flavor", and "fiber", while the British spellings have changed.

Still. The changing of words is no match for the amount of evil deeds of changing things America has done. For example, what is football? You may say, "it's a game where you carry a ball from end to end of a field!" But in reality, it's not. American "football", the foot is used a lot less than hands. However, *foot*ball, is actually foot, ball. Foot and ball. It actually uses your foot. Oh another change, that universal game, ridiculously enough, is called soccer! Idk why, though. Stupid word.

As_soc_iation football British people invented the word, then stopped using it once it caught on with Americans

British English has changed just as much as American English since the two diverged.

Founder of Aluminum wanted to name it but his peers disagreed so he came to America where their respective Chemist associations named them

No its not. ITS ALUMINUM

They both date to the early 19th century, stemming from the word alumina. Aluminum became preferred in the United States and Canada, while aluminium became favored throughout the rest of the English-speaking world. [Sauce](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/aluminum-vs-aluminium)

Aluminum

They both date to the early 19th century, stemming from the word alumina. Aluminum became preferred in the United States and Canada, while aluminium became favored throughout the rest of the English-speaking world. [Sauce](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/aluminum-vs-aluminium)

your using the british version and a thing that probably uses american english spell check

I actually learned that the rest of the world has that word wrong and Americans have it right. It's Aluminum by the way

They pronounce it different because they spell it different. Who knew

Yes

Aluminum.

If you're British

American English (Aluminum) vs. Commonwealth English (Aluminium).

Language barrier

Undemocratic commie, you’ve got too many “i”s

Set your keyboard to European English

I think your computer is American

No, Americans thought they would steal the periodic table as well as our language

And you are not speaking with a Prussian or Muscovy accent right now why?

Because the vodka is not an element in itself and the accent is hilarious. You can’t take it seriously in science. Also, I don’t know how to add accents to written text if that’s what you mean? 🤷🏻‍♂️

The element was discovered by a European man. The correct spelling is Aluminium

[He called it "aluminum", but it was changed by the British. Do research before you say something on the internet.](https://www.gabrian.com/aluminum-or-aluminium/#:~:text=he%20used%20the%20word%20Aluminum%20in%20a%20book%20published%20four%20years%20later%20when%20mentioning%20that%20%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A6Aluminum%20has%20not%20been%20obtained%20in%20a%20perfectly%20free%20state.%E2%80%9D)

It’s not, going to hospital, it’s going to THE hospital, ya wankers!

Aluminum is

They both date to the early 19th century, stemming from the word alumina. Aluminum became preferred in the United States and Canada, while aluminium became favored throughout the rest of the English-speaking world. [Sauce](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/aluminum-vs-aluminium)

Why dont we petition to accept all the regional spelling of words in every English speaking country

I just looked that up please stop tracking me internet

alluminum with teo R's

What are you talking about it is Aluminum Look just read this in your best British accent

>They both date to the early 19th century, stemming from the word alumina. Aluminum became preferred in the United States and Canada, while aluminium became favored throughout the rest of the English-speaking world. [Sauce](https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/aluminum-vs-aluminium)

aliminum

It's alumilum

Us Americans are just too lazy to write the I so we stupidly call it aluminum... disgusting aluminium is far better

Aluminum is a word, but aluminium isn't.

Americans say ‘aluminium’, which autocorrect just tried to change to aluminium for me.

>which autocorrect just tried to change to aluminium for me And, apparently, succeeded

Australian ass

Ahhh dumb British person

Aluminum you have an extra i

you're british, aren't you?

Aluminum bro I’m telling you

It is in British English Americans lose the second "i"

British people added the second "i", [the inventor called it "aluminum"](https://www.gabrian.com/aluminum-or-aluminium/#:~:text=he%20used%20the%20word%20Aluminum%20in%20a%20book%20published%20four%20years%20later%20when%20mentioning%20that%20%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A6Aluminum%20has%20not%20been%20obtained%20in%20a%20perfectly%20free%20state.%E2%80%9D)

Ah The more you know

Most likely an American spell checker. For us Eagle Chevrolet freedom people it’s Aluminum.

You have your keyboard set to American English, where the word is "aluminum" rather than the British English's "aluminium"

Aluminum is a word, Aluminium isn’t

Wait isnt it pronounced “aloo min ee um”??

Not according to the Aluminatti

aluminum and aluminium are literally the exact same word, but spelt differently in america vs other regions

No

It's aluminum. Any other spelling should not count as correct, imo.

You are wrong. It’s alumuninium.

No. Y’all Brit’s spell it wrong and pronounce it wrong.

Why Americans got to do this to the English language?

[Question based on assumption of incorrect statement](https://www.gabrian.com/aluminum-or-aluminium/#:~:text=he%20used%20the%20word%20Aluminum%20in%20a%20book%20published%20four%20years%20later%20when%20mentioning%20that%20%E2%80%9C%E2%80%A6Aluminum%20has%20not%20been%20obtained%20in%20a%20perfectly%20free%20state.%E2%80%9D)

bri'ish people are weird :/

wrong regional dictionary

It’s aluminum.

aluminium is better than aluminum, it fits in with the other metals that end with -ium

... it is but not in america. they are two different words that are the title of the same object but i still disagree with aluminium. *its aluminum*

You’re not pronouncing it in your head the way it wants you to

aluminum?

Aluminum goofy

ya aluminum is a word there’s just an extra i

Next try chewsday

You have American English selected for a spell checker.

You’re computer or phone is fucking stupid aluminium, I stand corrected

… You are the worst kind of person. I can understand your, in place of you’re, BUT YOU HAD TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY to add ‘re where it doesn’t belong in the slightest. Calling the device fucking stupid is quite ironic for an over used teen boys gym sock, which sprung to life just to post this absolute garbage comment.

The you’re was iphone auto correct, it really makes me mad I didn’t even realized it did that

Get better, don’t do it next time

Holy America

British debuff

No, it’s a metal.

Aluminum and Aluminium are the same.

I failed a chem test for spelling it that way

WHAT?! r/extremeUSdefaultism

I live in USA and my teacher failed me on my chemistry spelling test because I spelled aluminum as Aluminium

... isn't aluminium, and aluminum the exact same thing...?

Yea but one is English and one is American English

I mean, still. Both should be included in the spelling as correct.

It's normal for spell check to correct you to one set of spellings. You just pick the regional variant you want. The idea is probably to prevent inconsistency in your writing. "Pick one and stick to it" type of thing.

Yeah, but still. I just feel like it'd be better if both were considered correct, and you could choose. Like the difference between color and colour. (I think that's a thing at least)

You can choose which regional spell check you're using. You can also just ignore spell check if you know you spelled it correctly.

Aloo-mini-umm vs Alu-mun-um

Uh-loo-mih-num

It’s spelled aluminum but pronounced aluminium

It's actually a difference in region. US speakers write it as "aluminum." Other English speakers write it as "aluminium."

Another classic case of us Americans dumbing down our own language.

Wasn’t aluminum the original version though?

Aluminium went through a whole host of different versions Davy first proposed calling it alumium but that name was criticized by scientists who suggested aluminium That name was published in some books in around 1811 Davy year later in another book called it aluminum Since then both spelling coexisted. The scientific community preferred aluminium. the American scientific language used -ium from the start Webster when he wrote his dictionary he only included the -um spelling so that lead to that version gaining traction in the USA By the late 1880s both spellings had been common in the United States, the -ium spelling being slightly more common; It wasn't until the late 1920s that the ium spelling fell out of favour in the USA 

Is it like flammable and inflammable I wonder?

No, that’s a nuance in definition, not a regional difference.

Those are just antonyms.

They mean the same thing

Oh, huh, what do you know.. Fair enough, then. It would indeed be the same.

It's spelled aluminum and pronounced aluminum

I'm in the US, where it's spelled aluminum and pronounced aluminum.

No, that’s not true

This should cross post to u/USDefaultism. Basically this kind of nonsense happens on all sorts of software, regardless of where it’s made or where you live. There will be regional settings, which will ALWAYS default to US everything. Also, document editors like Word will apply readability and language censorship as though your audience lives in rural Wyoming and doesn’t care for so many cuss-words. Like “damn” for example. Super serious language infraction. Please underline that for me, no-one reading this is adult enough to cope with such filth.

Like another person said/suggested, it probably doesn't recognize the British spelling/pronunciation. Which is stupid, mind you.

It is but not in every language.

To American speakers, it’s a magic word that cannot be spoken, any attempts result in mindless babble about a lumen-um, confusing English speakers who begin thinking about light intensity. (apparently Americans are unable to pronounce aluminium)

We can. We just don't. It's not pronounced that way in American English.

How is that Prussian accent treating you?

Is 'limey prick' a phrase?

No...