We say "Solder", they seem to say "Sodder" (or "Soder" ?).
Noticed on an old Mythbusters yesterday.
Vaguely OT:Merkin for the stuff you use in electrical circuits
Aug 29, 2012
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It's being lazy. They also say 'Wadder' for water.
I think it's them that say "solder" and us that say "sowlder"
This is getting dangerously Gershwinesque.
I've spent many years in the US (east coast), and haven't heard anyone pronounce the 'l' in solder.
Indeed they do, and it's one of those things I'm not sure I'll ever get used to (after a few years here I can handle things such as calling spanners wrenches, and torches flashlights :-)
The different pronunciation of chassis always catches me out too (and buoy as booey just gives me the chuckles ;)
cheers
Jules
I did not notice it myself. I'm quite enjoying the old ones as I missed them. I note Discovery has some new ones after the last new ones that were on Quest, but as I'm not a subscriber I'll wait for the reruns on Quest.
I'd imagine they do take quite an effort to produce though.
Brian
Its just accents. Adam is very good at differnt accents. Brian
Jethro_uk :
Actually many of us say "solda". :-)
Some of them even say "sudder". It's official: see
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the standard pronunciations have no L but they acknowledge that Brits say it differently.
They say "wirenuts", we say "fire hazard"
They say "aloominum". we say "fire hazard"
Owain
Is this deliberate marketing-ese, or is omitting the 'L' an actual spelling over there?
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Torches are carried by angry villagers along with pitchforks. ;-)
In message , Jethro_uk writes
And ?
they say newkiller (well, Bush used to) - apt but incorrect
aluminum, rowter, yurup also , to name a few
In message , Brian Gaff writes
Well, it's certainly , ... different
Interesting. My grandmother *always* pronounced it 'sodder'. She was married to a Canadian.
In message , Mike Barnes writes
Actually - it takes a Scot to pronounce "Iron" correctly, so we'd best not get too carried away
(Geoff in not putting other nations down - shocker)
IIRC Bush said noo-kyoo-ler
Then you remember incorrectly
Scotsmen also pronounce "houses" as "housses" (not hooses!) rather than the more English "howzez".
I ssupect that depends on which part of Scotland the Scotsmen come from. There isn't just one "Scotish accent".
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