Meron Report post Posted November 9, 2007 When you try to harvest that yellowish mineral, it is called Sulfur. In the encyclopedia it is written as Sulphur though. One of them has to be corrected, I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roja Report post Posted November 9, 2007 Actually they are both correct spellings But I'd prefer we use Sulfur for this case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PriVate Report post Posted November 11, 2007 its like color and colour all correct spelling only that one is british spelling and one is USA spelling so no worries Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crusadingknight Report post Posted November 11, 2007 its like color and colour all correct spelling only that one is british spelling and one is USA spelling so no worries Actually, as chemists know, 'sulfur' has been the IUPAC standard spelling for almost two decades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexi Report post Posted November 13, 2007 (edited) To me, I like Sulfur better, "Sulphur" just doesn't look right. BTW, according to Firefox's Spell check, "sulphur" is incorrect.. don't know if that counts for anything. Edited November 13, 2007 by Lexi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aphistolas Report post Posted November 15, 2007 To me, I like Sulfur better, "Sulphur" just doesn't look right. BTW, according to Firefox's Spell check, "sulphur" is incorrect.. don't know if that counts for anything. That's because you're using the USA/UK version of Mozilla. (I don't remember which is which spelling.) Meh, I like 'Sulphur' personally. I think that's how we spell it in Chemistry. The Almighty Google-Search goes Both ways though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gildrig! Report post Posted December 1, 2007 Try dictionary.com it may help you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tauren Report post Posted December 9, 2007 They're both correct but if i spelled the word "sulfur" in my australian school, I'd be flamed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KillerNoName Report post Posted November 25, 2008 I am truly surprised this isn't in the disputes channel starting a PK war among people, LOL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BloodSucker Report post Posted November 25, 2008 Good I dont have this kind of problems under polish ency Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popeye Report post Posted November 26, 2008 Taken from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SulfurWikipedia-sulfur The element has traditionally been spelled sulphur in the United Kingdom, most of the Commonwealth including India, Malaysia, South Africa and Hong Kong, along with the rest of the Caribbean and Ireland, but sulfur in the United States, while both spellings are used in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. IUPAC adopted the spelling “sulfur” in 1990, as did the Royal Society of Chemistry Nomenclature Committee in 1992[2] and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for England and Wales recommended its use in 2000.[3]In Latin, the word is variously written sulpur, sulphur, and sulfur (the Oxford Latin Dictionary lists the spellings in this order).It means brimstone. It is an original Latin name and not a Classical Greek loan, so the ph variant does not denote the Greek letter φ. Sulfur in Greek is thion (θείον), whence comes the prefix thio-. The simplification of the Latin word's p or ph to an f appears to have taken place towards the end of the classical period, with the f spelling becoming dominant in the medieval period.[4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites