peacefuljeffrey 0 #1 February 28, 2006 I got to thinking, if the word is based on "Titan," then it should be pronounced "Tie-TAN-ium," but it is most common to hear the other pronunciation. What do you think? --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #2 February 28, 2006 or, if Americans pronounced it like they pronounce aluminium, it would be tie-TAY-num Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #3 February 28, 2006 Quoteor, if Americans pronounced it like they pronounce aluminium, it would be tie-TAY-num We don't even spell it that way here. No wonder you pronounce it "aluminIum" -- you have an I there that we don't have! --Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #4 February 28, 2006 QuoteQuoteor, if Americans pronounced it like they pronounce aluminium, it would be tie-TAY-num We don't even spell it that way here. No wonder you pronounce it "aluminIum" -- you have an I there that we don't have! - Ah, that explains it then! Yet another example of American "spelling" [coats self in flame repellant ]Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #5 February 28, 2006 We invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcneill79 0 #6 February 28, 2006 QuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! Are you making chicken soup tonight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #7 February 28, 2006 QuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! There ya go folks the Americans are claiming the INVENTION of a stable ElementYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #8 February 28, 2006 QuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! ROTFL!!! Americans are now taking credit for "inventing" elements/minerals? edited to add: ah, squeak beat me to it. Well, at least they can spell "chicken soup" ... oh wait.. did they invent chickens too?Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
btucker 0 #9 February 28, 2006 we got the bomb Blue Dreams Benno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #10 February 28, 2006 fyi: titanium mining stats (from Wikipedia, which incidentally spells aluminIum ...) Producer Thousands of tons % of total Australia 1291.0 30.6 South Africa 850.0 20.1 Canada 767.0 18.2 Norway 382.9 9.1 Ukraine 357.0 8.5 Total: top 5 3647.9 86.4 Total world 4221.0 100.0 (sorry for formatting but if you're all smart enough to pull, you'll be able to figure it out)Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazelos 0 #11 February 28, 2006 Tie-tan-ium Tie-tan-ium Tie-tan-ium Like aluminium and nuclear, not aluminum and nucular, jees you colonials... He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #12 February 28, 2006 QuoteQuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! ROTFL!!! Americans are now taking credit for "inventing" elements/minerals? edited to add: ah, squeak beat me to it. Well, at least they can spell "chicken soup" ... oh wait.. did they invent chickens too? *** Not Ti...I meant Al "The American Charles Martin Hall of Oberlin, OH applied for a patent (400655) in 1886 for an electrolytic process to extract aluminium..." ...And by the way, we always use an Aluminum pan to cook Chicken Soup! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #13 February 28, 2006 QuoteQuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! Are you making chicken soup tonight heck I would make chick soup with you...all I need is a hot tub! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MooChooser 0 #14 February 28, 2006 I do believe that the American pronunciation is infact the correct one...its England and other places that have added the I to the original word. Anyway, Ive heard some people call Tytaynyum, Titaynyum. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #15 February 28, 2006 QuoteNot Ti...I meant Al Wink "The American Charles Martin Hall of Oberlin, OH applied for a patent (400655) in 1886 for an electrolytic process to extract aluminIum..." Like the man said!!!! Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bazelos 0 #16 February 28, 2006 QuoteI do believe that the American pronunciation is infact the correct one...its England and other places that have added the I to the original word. Anyway, Ive heard some people call Tytaynyum, Titaynyum.. No man, the original word is titan, thus titanium.He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #17 February 28, 2006 QuoteQuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! Are you making chicken soup tonight Yes, but it tastes like aluminum...(blech)My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #18 February 28, 2006 I'm currently installing about 30 million US dollars of the stuff. I call it "horriblyexpensivestuffthattakesfiteenweekstoarriveandisabitchtoworkwith" Other people call it "lightandstrongandresistanttochemicalattack" I've heard both pronunciations, but personally use the "maybeIcangetsomecheapiscescrewsoutofthisdeal" version. TIE-tay-nee-yum.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #19 February 28, 2006 QuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! Actually Humphry Davy the English chemist isolated it in 1808 and NAMED it. Although you do get a bonus point on account of the fact that he did in fact originally name it Aluminum... ...even though that name only lasted part way though 1808 before the "i" was added in so it matched all the other elements being descovered at the time which all ended in "ium". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #20 February 28, 2006 QuoteQuoteWe invented it, we'll call it Chicken Soup if we want! Actually Humphry Davy the English chemist isolated it in 1808 and NAMED it. Although you do get a bonus point on account of the fact that he did in fact originally name it Aluminum... ...even though that name only lasted part way though 1808 before the "i" was added in so it matched all the other elements being descovered at the time which all ended in "ium". *** Oh yeah??? Well then WHO invented Chicken Soup?!? ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #21 February 28, 2006 "Humphry Davy the English chemist isolated it in 1808 and NAMED it" He could have called it after himslef, or at least considered Humpem, or even Dayum-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #22 February 28, 2006 Quotenucular, jees you colonials... Only the colonial-in-chief pronounces it that way."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #23 February 28, 2006 Quote Like aluminium and nuclear, not aluminum and nucular, jees you colonials... That's it! We're not bailing you out of any more World Wars. Next time you're on your own. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 137 #24 February 28, 2006 Toe-mah-toe not Toe-may-doughscissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orange1 0 #25 February 28, 2006 QuoteToe-mah-toe not Toe-may-dough What? They invented tomatoes too???!!!Skydiving: wasting fossil fuels just for fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
