Saw-der.  West Coast and NavAir background



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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls

Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 7:07 AM

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Subject: Re: [TN] Group Consensus - Pronunciation of "Solder"



Ron,

It depends on where you are.  In the US, I have always heard and used SODer (L silent).  Whenever I have been in the UK it has been Sol-der (L not silent).





Doug Pauls

Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins



On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Ron Feyereisen < [log in to unmask]> wrote:



> Hi TechNeters! Some light-hearted Friday discussion:

>

> I'd like to get a group consensus regarding the pronunciation of the 

> word "Solder".

>

> Do you say "SODer" or "SOLDer"

>

> I realize that it's certainly regional but I'm starting to hear more 

> and more people pronouncing it "SOLDer" here in the states. Is it due 

> to new people coming into the industry? More global interaction?

>

> A friend of mine who's not in the industry once asked me why we say 

> "SODer", since he thought it should be said "SOLDer". I didn't have an 

> answer for him and it did make me wonder why.

>

> Thoughts?

>

> Ron Feyereisen

> Continuous Improvement Mgr., CIT

> SigmaTron, Intl.

>