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| Does anyone else pronounce "Soldering" as "Saudering"? |
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| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: London Lad on May 08, 2014, 08:46:16 am --- --- Quote from: vk6zgo on May 07, 2014, 02:02:30 pm --- --- Quote from: London Lad on May 07, 2014, 08:41:36 am ---Is 'mom' really a word ? --- End quote --- Ask yer Mum! --- End quote --- 'Mom' is never used in place of Mum in the UK as far as I know. --- End quote --- Maybe"Moom" sometimes! ;D I just thought Mum might know! |
| Rigby:
When a Brit says "ma'am" it often sounds like the American "mom" to me. Always gives me a chuckle. |
| IanB:
--- Quote from: Slow Poke on May 11, 2014, 03:55:29 am ---Are you telling me, it's "Queen's English," not "King's English?" --- End quote --- It's the Queen's English while the reigning monarch is the Queen. When the crown passes down to King Charles it will once again become the King's English. |
| London Lad:
--- Quote from: Rigby on May 11, 2014, 04:20:43 am ---When a Brit says "ma'am" it often sounds like the American "mom" to me. Always gives me a chuckle. --- End quote --- That is generally only used to address a woman who holds the rank of officer in the armed services or other uniformed organizations such as the police. We don't use it as a general term of respect to a woman as is done in the US |
| M0BSW:
Right lets have some proper Queens English here it's" Soldering", let's have it said properly, so tonight's lesson is 1000 times written down like so:- " In future I will say Soldering" :clap: :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD :-DD |
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