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Does anyone else pronounce "Soldering" as "Saudering"?
Monkeh:
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--- Quote from: richnormand on November 12, 2023, 12:54:33 am ---Saw the mentions of aluminium. OK I see that.
How about "before a live audience"... instead of filmed (or whatever) in front of a live audience?
Or, was it filmed before the audience was alive? They were dead then?
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Have you ever said "it happened before my eyes"?
"In front of" is a normal meaning of "before". :)
Tim
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At this rate we're going to have the "near miss" argument shortly.
IanB:
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 11, 2023, 11:07:38 pm ---Even within England, Why is Buckingham Palace "Buckin'm", But Southampton is pronounced as written?
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Not entirely true that. Buckingham is pronounced "Bucking'm" and Southampton is pronounced "Southamt'n".
vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: IanB on November 12, 2023, 06:06:48 am ---
--- Quote from: vk6zgo on November 11, 2023, 11:07:38 pm ---Even within England, Why is Buckingham Palace "Buckin'm", But Southampton is pronounced as written?
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Not entirely true that. Buckingham is pronounced "Bucking'm" and Southampton is pronounced "Southamt'n".
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That is "how it is written" to me, & when the SOTON locals used the name, it seemed normal to me.
I never realised that we in OZ (particularly WA) do clip the "p" a bit in such names, although not quite to the extent some Brits do.
Then there are the type of Brits who call horses "horse is".
quadtech:
How about “nucleus” vs “nookulus” ?
richnormand:
--- Quote from: T3sl4co1l on November 12, 2023, 01:02:22 am ---
--- Quote from: richnormand on November 12, 2023, 12:54:33 am ---Saw the mentions of aluminium. OK I see that.
How about "before a live audience"... instead of filmed (or whatever) in front of a live audience?
Or, was it filmed before the audience was alive? They were dead then?
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Have you ever said "it happened before my eyes"?
"In front of" is a normal meaning of "before". :)
Tim
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Yes I've heard it. Only in the US though. <<It happened right in front of my eyes>> is a more common expression here.
English is very much a living language by its very nature.
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