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From: Geoff on 24 Nov 2009 11:34 On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:56:12 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:53:23 +0000, Ian Jackson ><ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>In message <7tpng5pina6feo97hr4g7pjfhihg3s0h3r(a)4ax.com>, Jim Thompson >><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> writes >>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:59 +0000, Ian Jackson >>><ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>>In message <-u-dnTk1Z6xKz5bWnZ2dnUVZ_ghi4p2d(a)earthlink.com>, Michael A. >>>>Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> writes >>>>> >>>>>richard wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>> > http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/TheMasterReading.jpg >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ...Jim Thompson >>>>>> >>>>>> Where's the soldering iron ? >>>>>> or as some Americans say "the soddering iron" >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I've never heard anyone say "the soddering iron" in over 45 years of >>>>>soldering in the US. BTW, I started at eight years old. >>>>> >>>>Uh? I'm British, and used to work for an American electronics company. >>>>In 20 years, I never heard any American colleague NOT say 'sodder' and >>>>'soddering'! It's something which you just can't help noticing on each >>>>occasion you hear it. >>> >>>Has _anyone_ ever heard it pronounced with the "ell"? >>> >>Only everyone on the UK! > >I've been to the "continent" multiple times, but never to the UK. > > ...Jim Thompson I've been to the UK and never heard the word solder pronounced. :) I must have been hanging about with the wrong people. Why are they "on" the UK and not "in" the UK? I suppose it's an exclusive club, being in the UK and one must know the secret handshake and password before one is accepted for membership. Until one is accepted, one is merely on the UK as it were, riding a boat. In N.A.: solder, rhymes with odder. In U.K.: solder, rhymes with alder or maybe more like older. In North America we pronounce it sodder but we only do it to annoy the imperials. :) http://solder.askdefine.com/ http://www.answers.com/topic/solder
From: Jim Thompson on 24 Nov 2009 11:38 On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:34:00 -0800, Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:56:12 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > >>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:53:23 +0000, Ian Jackson >><ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>In message <7tpng5pina6feo97hr4g7pjfhihg3s0h3r(a)4ax.com>, Jim Thompson >>><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> writes >>>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:59 +0000, Ian Jackson >>>><ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>>In message <-u-dnTk1Z6xKz5bWnZ2dnUVZ_ghi4p2d(a)earthlink.com>, Michael A. >>>>>Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> writes >>>>>> >>>>>>richard wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>> > http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/TheMasterReading.jpg >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > ...Jim Thompson >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Where's the soldering iron ? >>>>>>> or as some Americans say "the soddering iron" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I've never heard anyone say "the soddering iron" in over 45 years of >>>>>>soldering in the US. BTW, I started at eight years old. >>>>>> >>>>>Uh? I'm British, and used to work for an American electronics company. >>>>>In 20 years, I never heard any American colleague NOT say 'sodder' and >>>>>'soddering'! It's something which you just can't help noticing on each >>>>>occasion you hear it. >>>> >>>>Has _anyone_ ever heard it pronounced with the "ell"? >>>> >>>Only everyone on the UK! >> >>I've been to the "continent" multiple times, but never to the UK. >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >I've been to the UK and never heard the word solder pronounced. :) >I must have been hanging about with the wrong people. > >Why are they "on" the UK and not "in" the UK? I suppose it's an >exclusive club, being in the UK and one must know the secret handshake >and password before one is accepted for membership. Until one is >accepted, one is merely on the UK as it were, riding a boat. Just residual delusions that the "British Empire" still exists ;-) Not that I should laugh... Obama is effectively neutering us to match :-( > >In N.A.: solder, rhymes with odder. >In U.K.: solder, rhymes with alder or maybe more like older. > >In North America we pronounce it sodder but we only do it to annoy the >imperials. :) > >http://solder.askdefine.com/ >http://www.answers.com/topic/solder ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Think things are bad now? Wait until Obama "takes care" of you.
From: Charlie E. on 24 Nov 2009 11:55 On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:28:16 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >richard wrote: >> >> Jim Thompson wrote: >> > http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/TheMasterReading.jpg >> > >> > ...Jim Thompson >> >> Where's the soldering iron ? >> or as some Americans say "the soddering iron" > > > I've never heard anyone say "the soddering iron" in over 45 years of >soldering in the US. BTW, I started at eight years old. True, the correct pronunciation is 'sodderin' iron... ;-) Charlie
From: Spehro Pefhany on 24 Nov 2009 12:05 On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:34:00 -0800, Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:56:12 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > >>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:53:23 +0000, Ian Jackson >><ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>In message <7tpng5pina6feo97hr4g7pjfhihg3s0h3r(a)4ax.com>, Jim Thompson >>><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> writes >>>>On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:59 +0000, Ian Jackson >>>><ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>>In message <-u-dnTk1Z6xKz5bWnZ2dnUVZ_ghi4p2d(a)earthlink.com>, Michael A. >>>>>Terrell <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> writes >>>>>> >>>>>>richard wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>> > http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/TheMasterReading.jpg >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > ...Jim Thompson >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Where's the soldering iron ? >>>>>>> or as some Americans say "the soddering iron" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I've never heard anyone say "the soddering iron" in over 45 years of >>>>>>soldering in the US. BTW, I started at eight years old. >>>>>> >>>>>Uh? I'm British, and used to work for an American electronics company. >>>>>In 20 years, I never heard any American colleague NOT say 'sodder' and >>>>>'soddering'! It's something which you just can't help noticing on each >>>>>occasion you hear it. >>>> >>>>Has _anyone_ ever heard it pronounced with the "ell"? >>>> >>>Only everyone on the UK! >> >>I've been to the "continent" multiple times, but never to the UK. >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >I've been to the UK and never heard the word solder pronounced. :) >I must have been hanging about with the wrong people. > >Why are they "on" the UK and not "in" the UK? I suppose it's an >exclusive club, being in the UK and one must know the secret handshake >and password before one is accepted for membership. Until one is >accepted, one is merely on the UK as it were, riding a boat. > >In N.A.: solder, rhymes with odder. >In U.K.: solder, rhymes with alder or maybe more like older. > >In North America we pronounce it sodder but we only do it to annoy the >imperials. :) To annoy Americans?
From: Geoff on 24 Nov 2009 12:06
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:55:10 -0800, Charlie E. <edmondson(a)ieee.org> wrote: >On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:28:16 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" ><mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> >>richard wrote: >>> >>> Jim Thompson wrote: >>> > http://www.analog-innovations.com/SED/TheMasterReading.jpg >>> > >>> > ...Jim Thompson >>> >>> Where's the soldering iron ? >>> or as some Americans say "the soddering iron" >> >> >> I've never heard anyone say "the soddering iron" in over 45 years of >>soldering in the US. BTW, I started at eight years old. > >True, the correct pronunciation is 'sodderin' iron... ;-) > More like, sodderin' aern, as in "Hey bubba, you usin' 'at there sodderin' aern?" |