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| Do *you* pronounce the L in SOLDER ? (In the USA?) |
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| pdenisowski:
--- Quote from: tooki on December 20, 2022, 06:23:29 pm --- A few YouTubers who pronounce it wrong are not evidence of widespread change in usage. --- End quote --- Agree completely. But it very well could be the cause of a widespread change in usage. If big name, high-follower-count YouTubers like Veritasium, Mark Rober, Dave Jones :), etc. suddenly started pronouncing it "soll-der," I think you might start to see that pronunciation being used by other people as well. (This would be a really interesting thesis / dissertation topic, by the way .... ) Change in usage happens more quickly than some might think. I'm not that old, but I've seen many changes in English and German usage during my own lifetime, and I have to believe that the Internet, and in particular YouTube, are accelerating the rate of change in language. |
| aeberbach:
We're just as likely to all start pronouncing it "weld" based on the AliExpress usage... |
| Circlotron:
--- Quote from: mcovington on December 20, 2022, 03:52:19 am ---This is very similar to what happened with "salmon" except that nobody pronounces the L in that one. --- End quote --- There is a Hebrew given name Salmon where the L is pronounced. I wonder how one of those people would pronounce so(l)der. |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: bitwelder on December 20, 2022, 09:46:16 am ---Do similar words like bolder, colder, folder get the same treatment? --- End quote --- No, but there are many words that do get a silent "L", for example: salmon, almond, would, yolk, half, folk, palm, could, psalm, calve, walk, ... |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---, but there are many words that do get a silent "L", for example: salmon, almond, would, yolk, half, folk, palm, could, psalm, calve, walk, .. --- End quote --- silent maybe,but in english english the L affects how the word is pronounced. |
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