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How is aluminum spelled in 'the queen's English'?

The british say it like 'aluminium.' is it spelled that way in the uk? in a manner similar to that of the american 'defense' and the british 'defence,' are there two different spellings in English?what im going at is the question of whether saying the word like 'aluminium' is incorrrect or not.

Answer:

It is spelt Aluminium in England instead of Aluminum (I think that's how you spell it in America?. I apologise if I'm wrong.) so yes there is a spelling difference. Also, it probably depends on where you come from in Britain as to exactly how it's pronounced. I say it quite quickly so it sounds like aluminyum and not how it's spelt which may sound like alu-min-i-um
It's spelled ALUMINIUM here. And no, in English English you can only spell defence in one way - defence. Hope I helped!
Spelled the same way .. only pronounced differently ..

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