Why Do Americans Insist on Calling it Aluminum?

Описание: We all know that Americans like to spell certain words differently to the rest of the English-speaking world. What you may not know is that there's often quite a detailed explanation as to why. Is this the case with the word 'alumininium', which the Americans insist on calling 'Aluminum'?

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