Mispelling is miown.

Some interesting reading...

http://www.plexoft.com/SBF/FAQaue/index.html#"alumin(i)um"
http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hyper-lists/classics-l/00-10-01/0141.html

I have a vague recollection that aluminum exists in British as a compound or by-product or something of Aluminium, but I can find no evidence to support it.