"Sod-der" or "Sol-Der"?
Aug 29, 2022 18:12:17 #
TonyP wrote:
'Sod it' is sort of a polite cus here in New Zealand, like when you hit a finger when using a hammer and the grand children are watching.
Sod der could be miss heard as 'sod her' with the NZ accent involved. Not a good one.
Sod der could be miss heard as 'sod her' with the NZ accent involved. Not a good one.
Yes, I've heard that on TV. : )
Aug 29, 2022 18:14:25 #
burkphoto wrote:
tow MAY toe is American. tow MAH toe is British.
Sodder (sädər) is American. Sol-der is Canadian and British. Sol is pronounced sôl, or säl, like the Latin name for Sun.
Either way, it's just molten metal used to join other metals together, such as in electrical equipment or jewelry or plumbing copper pipes.
Language usage is very regional. People should just get over it. As long as we understand each other...
Sodder (sädər) is American. Sol-der is Canadian and British. Sol is pronounced sôl, or säl, like the Latin name for Sun.
Either way, it's just molten metal used to join other metals together, such as in electrical equipment or jewelry or plumbing copper pipes.
Language usage is very regional. People should just get over it. As long as we understand each other...
Aug 29, 2022 18:36:28 #
Longshadow wrote:
I can understand that!!!
So you say sold-er in New Zealand?
So you say sold-er in New Zealand?
Solder. All one world, no hesitation. Pronounced sold err, solder.
Aug 29, 2022 18:53:05 #
TonyP wrote:
Solder. All one world, no hesitation. Pronounced sold err, solder.
Thanks.
We all use one word with no hesitation in either case. The hyphen was simply to indicate/separate the two vocal sounds,
like you did, without the hyphen.
Aug 29, 2022 18:59:59 #
Longshadow wrote:
Thanks.
We all use one word with no hesitation in either case. The hyphen was simply to indicate/separate the two vocal sounds,
like you did, without the hyphen.
We all use one word with no hesitation in either case. The hyphen was simply to indicate/separate the two vocal sounds,
like you did, without the hyphen.
Aug 29, 2022 19:20:29 #
I have heard some innocently ignorant or possibly dyslexic folk refer to it as SLOD-UR, possibly because they read it incorrectly...
Aug 29, 2022 19:33:15 #
FreddB
Loc: PA - Delaware County
TonyP wrote:
Ive never heard of sod-der.
'Sod it' is sort of a polite cus here in New Zealand, like when you hit a finger when using a hammer and the grand children are watching.
Sod der could be miss heard as 'sod her' with the NZ accent involved. Not a good one.
'Sod it' is sort of a polite cus here in New Zealand, like when you hit a finger when using a hammer and the grand children are watching.
Sod der could be miss heard as 'sod her' with the NZ accent involved. Not a good one.
I guess my mind wanders into that same gutter. Sodder, one who sods, could start a whole nother row.
Aug 29, 2022 19:57:20 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
jerryc41 wrote:
I grew up in NY, and everyone I know pronounces solder "sod-der." People in other places, especially England, say "sol-der." What do you say?
Here, it would be sauw der (ing), as in soldering iron. But everyone says Texans speak funnily anyway. Don't ask what we think about non-Texas accents.
Aug 29, 2022 21:11:13 #
BBurns wrote:
Great Explanation, Gene.
Having made my living with a soldering iron for many years, I can assure you that the 'L' is silent in the USA.
The same is true for the fish: Sa'mon & Salmon.
We say: Battery, the Brits say: Bat-tree.
I don't know how we get Kernel out of Colonel.
Nor do I understand how one derives Left-tenant from Lieutenant!
Having made my living with a soldering iron for many years, I can assure you that the 'L' is silent in the USA.
The same is true for the fish: Sa'mon & Salmon.
We say: Battery, the Brits say: Bat-tree.
I don't know how we get Kernel out of Colonel.
Nor do I understand how one derives Left-tenant from Lieutenant!
👍👍 Completely agree on all counts.
Aug 29, 2022 21:14:30 #
therwol wrote:
Nuclear. Nucular.
I know some (or many) elected officials that can’t seem to get that one right
Aug 29, 2022 21:15:29 #
therwol
Loc: USA
TriX wrote:
I know some (or many) elected officials that can’t seem to get that one right
Including a former president.
Aug 29, 2022 21:49:47 #
Aug 30, 2022 03:24:52 #
Sodder fer sur. If I'm trying to connect two copper pipes, I'm trying to sweat them together. Which I can't do.
Aug 30, 2022 05:15:17 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
You solder with a soldering iron. If you want to bring 'sods' into it I would presume you are either talking about what is used to make a sod house which are sods. Or you want somebody to sod-off which is a rude way of talking. It's got an 'L' in it. Use it. Being lazy is not an excuse.
Aug 30, 2022 06:07:15 #
Growing up in Michigan it sodder. The same word for a person who lays down grass blankets!
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