Jon Elson schrieb: > Peter Blodow wrote: > >> Hello gentlemen, >> the point is that the long "o" in solder is pronounced in US english >> like "aw" in a common process known as delabilisation or unrounding. >> >> > It is extremely rare to hear it pronounced "sawder" in the US, although > I have heard that > pronunciation once or twice. Generally, it is pronounced "soder" with > the unstressed > or short "O". But, maybe that is only in the electronics industry, and > maybe other > pronunciations are common in jewelry, metal fab and plumbing industries. > Or, it may be a regional variance. > > Jon >
I heard that pronounciation for the first time in Muskegon, Michigan, in 1966 during my high school electronics lessons (although they called it electricity at the time since electronics was not a common word at the time). It took me a while to find the word solder in the dictionary then.... P. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
