Kent, another physicist thinks that solder is derived from the french word souder which, in turn, comes from latin "solidare" meaning "get solid, solidify". So, the "l" must have been missing already somehow when taken over from French in the first place. Next discussion: why did the "l" reappear in spelling? By the way: in German the word for this is "löten" and is, via the common Germanic laguage, connected with english "lead", we have no problem with " l " 's.
Peter Kent A. Reed schrieb: > Gentle persons: > > This is an argument patterned after an old joke about mathematicians, > physicists, and engineers. > > Theorem: > > All words of the form "<consonant>-o-l-d-e-r" are pronounced as "older" > preceded by the appropriate consonant. > > Proof: > > bolder = <b>older - yes > colder = <c>older - yes > folder = <f>older - yes > holder = <h>older - yes > solder = <s>older - no > > Hmmm. that last must be an experimental error. QED. > > Regards, > Kent > > PS - my 1971 compact edition of the Oxford English Dictionary traces the > word "solder" back to the early 1400s. Even then the > spelling---"soudryd" is their first example---and likely the > pronunciation was ambiguous. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex > infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to > virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual > desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure > costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
