IHSI-02 - "Motorcycle Chain" Bracelet - Sterling Silver
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Tin and aluminum are two different things. And I thought American education was shite.
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It's not our fault Sir Humphrey's superior name for HIS element was overruled. We honor the discoverer instead of the bureaucrat hobgoblins.
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So I went off and googled;
"Aluminum is often confused with tin, such as tin foil etc. Aluminum has replaced tin in industrial applications, such as for cans. Tin is considered to be toxic to humans, and so is aluminum, but not inherently toxic. It is believed that if they are both absorbed or inhaled by some humans, they can pose an ingestion risk, while aluminum is considered to be related with Alzheimer’s disease.
http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-aluminum-and-tin/#ixzz2q3khomDM " -
Aluminium foil is commonly referred to as tin foil in UK…
It is here too, I was just being a dick. I know, hard to imagine.
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This is why we're all accustomed to calling it "Tin Foil" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_foil
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Yeah doesn't "corn" basically mean "grain" in the mother tongue as opposed to maize for Americans?
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