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"Improve your American pronunciation". Search term : Aluminium Result : American saying Aluminum Search term : Solder Result : American saying "sodder"

• taejo 7y ago
  I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. You can argue that "aluminium" and "aluminum" are two different words, each pronounced the same way in Britain as in the US, but with the former being common in Britain and rare in the US and the other vice versa. But there is only one word "solder", and in most of the US it's pronounced like "sodder" would be, if that were a word at all.
  • mkl 7y ago
    I think they're trying to say it's American-focused, rather than English-focused. A search for "aluminium" returning pronunciation for "aluminum" contradicts your idea. Leaving the "l" out of "solder" is just bizarre to me as a New Zealander :-)
    • taejo 7y ago
      Ah, that makes sense. If you want exclusively British pronunciations, you can choose that option. I think it's equally reasonable to say that "aluminum" is the US pronunciation of the single word "alumin(i)um", I was just trying to divine GGP's argument. "Sodder" was equally bizarre to me when I heard it.