Or if you’re Elvis, a deep fried snack… 
So if aluminium is aluminum, why don’t they call titanium titanum ?
To veer off on a tangent slightly, try to read this poem aloud (without making any mistakes), and then be grateful that you don’t have to learn English:
It’s almost as good as asking a person from the other side of the Atlantic what they are. The answer:
“I’m a merkin.”
Anyone care to comment on just how true that statement is?