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There is a “y” in “my” so maybe “Sphinx” would complete the sentence?

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Correct. That commenter just confused sphinx with sphynx.

Honestly I can understand why

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The fuck happened with that one. Its literally the same word, this isnt an aluminum vs aliminium situation where the namer was a fuck up and called it both so people flipped a coin. Fucking English spelling is ratfucked.

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No one has ever proposed “aliminium” for the name of the element.

“Alumium” was the original, “Aluminum” and “Aluminium” were battled in American and British journals.

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