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Does anyone else pronounce "Soldering" as "Saudering"?
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codeboy2k:
I'm Canadian, I've always pronounced it and heard it pronounced around me as 'soddering' without the 'L'. 

However, I frankly think that's wrong now.

We don't pronounce 'welding' as wedding' , although a wedding is a welding of two , so to speak :)

We also don't pronounce 'molding' as 'modding', nor 'soldier' as 'sodier', nor 'sold' as 'sod' , so why should we pronounce 'soldering' as 'soddering' ??

Clearly, it's just wrong to me now.



Tinkerer:
I pronounce it both ways. Cant decide on which one is actually good to use, so I use both. Typically usage is random though.
Rigby:

--- Quote from: codeboy2k on May 03, 2014, 11:00:35 pm ---I'm Canadian, I've always pronounced it and heard it pronounced around me as 'soddering' without the 'L'. 

However, I frankly think that's wrong now.

We don't pronounce 'welding' as wedding' , although a wedding is a welding of two , so to speak :)

We also don't pronounce 'molding' as 'modding', nor 'soldier' as 'sodier', nor 'sold' as 'sod' , so why should we pronounce 'soldering' as 'soddering' ??

Clearly, it's just wrong to me now.

--- End quote ---

Your head will explode if you start thinking of pairs like "laughter" and "daughter" (which differ in spelling only by their first letters) or "comb" and "bomb", or "need" and "knead", "head" and "heed", and so on.

there is no sense here.  Pronouncing your words based on rules that fit every word will have you saying unintelligible gibberish immediately.

the point of language is to communicate.  so use the words and the pronunciations that match your audience, or you'll find your words wasted.  silly things like "I know how to pronounce this word and no one else does" only lead to your listeners thinking a lot more about your pronunciation than what you're actually saying.
ampdoctor:
With all the things we're pummeled with on a daily basis that really does make a difference in the quality of the lives of people, invariably we get tangled up with whether or not somebody uses the word solder vs sodder? The whole argument is a waste of time and energy because everybody knows what's being said and communication is taking place so it's a completely pointless exercise that puts people on the same level as internet trolls and grammar Nazis. Now lets get back to fighting over something that matters....Aluminum vs Aluminium! :palm:
Monkeh:
More importantly: Arse vs ass.
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