Re: Apple Computer changes its name

["Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On 18 Jan 2007, David Wilson wrote:

> Simon D. Williams wrote:
> > I do believe that's one instance where the Queen's English is at fault.
> > The story I've been told (by my Italian father) is that the contentious
> > "i" was the result of a typo at the British patent office.
> 
> And here is another explanation...

There usually is where my father's stories are concerned ;-)

> http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/aluminium.htm
> 
> Wikipedia seems to agree
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Spelling

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