AIBU to get in a stabby rage over mispronunciation?

[JenEric]

DH likes to watch tech videos on you tube. Since we set up our chromecast I now see them more frequently. I've noticed that all the Americans seem to say "soddering" instead of "soLdering"

It's SOLDERING. It has an L right there in the spelling as a clue! Gaah. Is it just me? It gives me stabby rage. Soddering sounds vaguely dangerous and slightly immoral

AIBU to get irrationally irritated by this? Anyone else the same?

[JeanneDeMontbaston]

Well, I get in a mild state of irritation over people who can't distinguish between varied accents, and 'mispronunciation', so I guess it's a case of whatever floats your boat.

[TravellingLoon]

YABU. And to be fair, an American could quite easily turn round and say there is an 'r' at the end of 'solder', why don't you pronounce it?

People say things differently.

[hedgehogsdontbite]

A quick Google tells me that Americans are not mispronouncing it. We are, because we're misspelling it. In ye olde English it was 'soudur'.

[BillSykesDog]

Life's too short. And people have regional accents. YABU.

[SleepyBoBo]

I want to say yabu - but the way Americans drop their 'h's (like 'h'erb for example), gives me the totally-irrational rage. The 'h' is right there - it's the start of the darn word!

[LurkingHusband]

A quick Google tells me that Americans are not mispronouncing it. We are, because we're misspelling it. In ye olde English it was 'soudur'.

Interestingly "sidewalk" also predates the 1776 revolution, as does "check" (bank instruction) and "fall". In some ways US English is actually UK English frozen in time ....

[OohMavis]

For me it's 'carmelized' as in 'caramelised'.

[JeanneDeMontbaston]

Unfortunately, there are variant spellings in OE that have the 'l' in them, so I don't think it's that. There are 'l' variant spellings consistently through the centuries, too.

[PurpleDaisies]

Lots of people pronounce nuclear incorrectly. That drives me mad.

[GruntledOne]

Another one here who absolutely hates the pronunciation of "nuclear" as "nucular". I really don't understand it; these are people who can say "new" and "clear" perfectly easily, so what is the problem with running the two together?

[hedgehogsdontbite]

In some ways US English is actually UK English frozen in time ....

I'm still recovering from the trauma of discovering that 'diaper' is the correct term and 'nappy' is the new fangled term.

[SecretWitch]

You would go mad with my New York born and raised dh. There are no R's whatsoevah in his speech...He is forever chatting on about dollahs and watta.

[JenEric]

I do pronounce the r. Sold-er. I know accents as well so yes maybe mispronounce is the wrong word but still the word just grates on me really badly. It's worse than moist...

[JenEric]

Also yes to nuclear.

[hedgehogsdontbite]

How about 'aluminum'?

[sonlypuppyfat]

They can't even say maths!

[hedgehogsdontbite]

I do love how my American friend says OMG. Oh ma gawwwwd! :o

[cathcustardtart]

DH says he has Arthur-itis in his shoulder, drives me nuts.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I noticed whilst watching Law and Order that Americans say mens rea differently to us. And toward (though that might be a specific accent as never noticed it before).

Tow-ud rather than tuh-ward

[LurkingHusband]

Of course "American" accents cover a continent ... I was fascinated to learn (after watching the film "Fargo") that there's a "Minnesota Nice" accent (which is sing-songy).

[Prole]

I got laughed at for pronouncing 'squirrel' as a a two syllable word. Apparently it rhymes with 'whirl'. Don't get me started on 'premiere' versus "premeer".

[YakTriangle]

I'm sure there are very good reasons for the different US pronunciation but
Herb
Craig
Badminton
have always made me a bit

[hedgehogsdontbite]

That's another one I love, seeing the 'swirls' collecting their nuts. I've no idea why it makes me smile, it just does.

[girlandboy]

Never noticed the solder word, but it would bug me too.

The word that incites me to rage is "mirror". Or "meer" as they pronounce it in America. In fact I can't even spell how they say it, that's the nearest I can get.

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

I like/hate how Americans say Meeeeeeeer instead of mirror. I don't have a problem with it though, just like to see the differences. MEEEEER. I don't understand how that marries with the spelling.