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But there's not another vowel between the 'n' and the 'u', why would you pronounce it "AL-yoo-MINI-um"!?
It's similar to people who pronounce nuclear "nuke-yoo-lar", those extra letters just aren't in the word!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
Except it does have those letters ;)
We spell it different too!? I literally thought it was spelled "aluminum" the world over! My opinion may do a 180 on this one...
This is just a British vs. American English difference, like gray/grey.