Nancree wrote:
>
> >> > what, pray tell, is ally?
> >
> >> Kate is a Brit. Ally = aluminum (in the US).
> >
> >I guess that's shy they say we're separated by a common language.
> >When we mean aluminum, we say aluminum.

> Unless you're in the UK, where
> "aluminum" is spelled with an extra letter "i" in it, thus: "aluminium"

Which is, apparently, pronounced ally.

It's aluminum or aluminium, not ally. That was the original question,
we didn't know what she was talking about.

nancy