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Does anyone else pronounce "Soldering" as "Saudering"?

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John Coloccia:

--- Quote from: rolycat on May 04, 2014, 06:10:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: ampdoctor on May 04, 2014, 02:45:30 am --- Now lets get back to fighting over something that matters....Aluminum vs Aluminium! :palm:

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Well, that's pretty much decided. Aluminium is the official IUPAC spelling and is used by most of the world, while aluminum is a 'variant' spelling pretty much confined to the US and Canada. This is reflected in the Wikipedia entry - search for aluminum and you get redirected to the entry for aluminium.

On the other hand, the IUPAC chose the American spelling for Sulfur, which was until recently spelt 'Sulphur' in British English.

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Funny enough, I actually use European spelling quite often.  Not on purpose.  I quite often spell things like:

colour
flavour
fibre
theatre
humour
metre
litre

etc etc.

I'm not sure why.  I think a lot of the technical papers and texts I've had to trudge through for work over the years used British spelling.  A lot of the people I worked with over the years were Europeans too.  I guess it just stuck.  I try to catch it when I do it, but I rarely catch it.

IanB:

--- Quote from: rolycat on May 04, 2014, 06:10:50 pm ---On the other hand, the IUPAC chose the American spelling for Sulfur, which was until recently spelt 'Sulphur' in British English.

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And in US English too. Just open up Google maps, point it at the continental USA, and enter "sulphur" as a search term...

Richard Crowley:

--- Quote from: John Coloccia on May 04, 2014, 06:17:49 pm ---Funny enough, I actually use European spelling quite often.  Not on purpose.

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And I have found myself using BrEnglish for things like the collective singular "IBM have done..."  vs. AmEnglish "IBM has done..."
Somewhat influenced by a UK-based online forum (www,gearslutz.com), one of several I frequent.

echen1024:
In China there is no distinction between solder and weld. It's

Hàn in pinyin

IanB:

--- Quote from: echen1024 on May 04, 2014, 08:45:05 pm ---In China there is no distinction between solder and weld. It's

Hàn in pinyin

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But there is a technical distinction. So anyone doing engineering or technical work must need to use additional descriptions to explain which one they mean.

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