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CoolBeans
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There are towns in Illinois which totally butcher the name of their overseas counterparts, Cairo Illinois is one of those towns. One word I refuse to mispronounce by emphasizing the letter L is solder. There is a youtuber gaining in popularity that sells a sticker of a fish wearing a top hat and jacket while holding a soldering iron and it says "Colonel Lincoln the Soldering Salmon".

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Oh, yeah. I remember reading a book of Abraham Lincoln misspelling the word soldier somewhere.

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Quote from: CoolBeans on May 08, 2024, 12:10:50 AM

One word I refuse to mispronounce by emphasizing the letter L is solder. There is a youtuber gaining in popularity that sells a sticker of a fish wearing a top hat and jacket while holding a soldering iron and it says "Colonel Lincoln the Soldering Salmon".

Sorry, the word solder has to have the L pronounced, otherwise you're saying 'sodder' which always sounds to me like 'sod her' and makes me think what poor woman are they having a rant about..?

Here in the UK it's pronounced 'Soul-der' and woe betide any bloke who says 'sod her' to my face

« Last Edit: May 11, 2024, 07:49:51 AM by Rommie »

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You guys pronounce "aluminum" as "al-oo-min-eeyum." Since when was there another "i?" The periodic table doesn't say so.

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It's spelt with an extra 'i' in this one. Also see here.

Admit it, you lot on that side of the pond can't spell

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My name gets butchered all of the time and I live in the States!

It's pronounced 'Max-eem' whilst most people see the 'i' and immediately assume it pronounces as 'um', so in essence I am always called 'Max-um' instead of the "proper" way. I guess this is in part due to the natural spelling / pronunciation of Maxim in the Russian language being 'Максим', the second-to-last letter being an 'e'. Anyways....

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I'm guilty of doing that to your name, but now I know the correct way to pronounce it.

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Sammi, you're fine! Pronunciation is different in the UK.

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This is an interesting one?, in Cheshire we’d pronounce this as it’s written ‘max-im’ !

, good that you have cleared up the proper pronunciation though.

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