I was hardly knocking your pronunciation, as the Canadian pronunciation is the same as the American - I was merely pointing out that the Brits have another syllable in laboratory and alumin(i)um. (In fact, if I remember correctly, the extra i and syllable were added by British scientists who wanted aluminum to be consistent with the other elements, which all seemingly had -ium endings.)
I was hardly knocking your pronunciation, as the Canadian pronunciation is the same as the American - I was merely pointing out that the Brits have another syllable in laboratory and alumin(i)um. (In fact, if I remember correctly, the extra i and syllable were added by British scientists who wanted aluminum to be consistent with the other elements, which all seemingly had -ium endings.)
Feeling better now?
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