You crazy yanks

They pronounce it right (they just spell it wrong). They drop the second 'i' so it is Aluminum, which I pronounce exactly as they do It's a source of unending dispute between my southern other half. She takes it all the way and even says plark for plaque!

Herb: Americans tend towards treating the 'h' as a silent letter like in 'hour' or 'honour' whereas Brits tend to pronounce it like in 'hello'.My step-mother (from New Orleans) once asked me over the phone to bring the 'mayo' to their house once (I was in NO at the same time, obviously). I had to get her to spell it out because I had no idea what she was asking.Speaking of pronouncing things differently. There's an old joke in New Orleans, which has its own unique accents (though the joke centres around the accents commonly found ninth ward and the like which has been uprooted somewhat over the past 5 years):

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What's the difference between Earl and Oil?

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Earl is what you put in your car and Oil is the guy that puts it there.

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Of course there is agreement! It's just that half the country are stubbornly refusing to accept it.