Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I’m probably still doing it with some word.

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aluminum

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

tomato tomato lets call the whole thing off!

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oh what, that’s an actual spelling? I was just saying that

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Yes, “aluminum” is the original, and “aluminium” was later adopted to make it sound more Latin.

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really its just geographic thing. i prefer the european version

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