On 01/03/2012 01:36 AM, Peter Blodow wrote:
> Hello gentlemen,
> the point is that the long "o" in solder is pronounced in US english
> like "aw" in a common process known as delabilisation or unrounding.
> This phenomenon is known in other languages, too, e.g. in Russian ("eto"
> is pronounced like "eta"). The same is true with "lot" or "bother". As a
> consequence, the "l" is omitted in pronounciation. The British still
> speak an "o" as an "o" and keep the "l" alive.
>
> Peter
>
England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
George Bernard Shaw
;-)
Mark
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