Originally Posted by
Micric
And another thing in this area, Solder has become So-der. . . .
Anyone who has ever worked with copper plumbing knows that solder is pronounced "sah' der".
Frank McCourt's memoirs (Angela's Ashes, 'Tis) have given me the impression that frequent use of the definite article ("the hunger", "the thirst") is common in Ireland or at least was so in the 1930's and 1940's.
That was the era in which the Disney studios produced the movie "Fantasia", which was rightly acclaimed for its ingenious innovations (including elephants dancing in tutus). My favorite example of how Yanks and Brits are divided by an uncommon language concerns an American tourist who, repeatedly wounded by "motor car" "windscreens" and "boots", "Cholmondeley", "Leistershire" and "Worcestershire", finally succumbed to a "cinema" theater's marquee which read "Fantasia: Pronounced Success".
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Last edited by Ian.MacAllan; 2nd December 15 at 08:49 AM.
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