• dingus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’m in the US and I’ve never heard anyone pronounce it “SAW-dur” in person or in any form of media. You are supposed to pronounce the L in the General American accent.

    If you use Google’s word pronunciation tools, both General American and Received Pronunciation pronounce the L in soldier.

    Edit: I like the downvotes to all my comments without anyone showing me people pronouncing it that way.

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      11 months ago

      I think this is a misunderstanding. The poster you’re replying to is talking about solder, not soldier (which you wrote, assuming that’s the word you meant). Solder, as in a soldering iron, is pronounced Saw-dur in the US. Ya dingus 😉

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        11 months ago

        Lmao thank you! This is the comment I was looking for. Calling me out for being stupid and making a mistake instead of downvoting without explanation!

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        11 months ago

        Can you link me a to a clip or a pronunciation source that has someone pronouncing it like that? I’ve never heard that anywhere in my life. I’m guessing it’s a less common accent.