Every time I see the British spelling my brain yells "Call Hour!!!" At least "Call Or" is closer to the way it's really pronounced.
Is there a forum where we're SUPPOSED to kvetch about this??
Probably the same place as other silent letters: H... E... Double K! Apparently Great Britain is the only place in the world that still says it that way... And you guys leave out so many other important consonants!
I think maybe there was a typo on a popular brand of soldering-iron, or perhaps the technique became popular in a State where the local accent / dialect didn't sound it. And then everyone else followed what those people were saying?<br />I find the etymology has soudure and souder in it, but I don't know.<br /><br />L<br />
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11 years ago
(checks) Nope -that disturbing thing you see is called "colour".
Reply 11 years ago
Every time I see the British spelling my brain yells "Call Hour!!!" At least "Call Or" is closer to the way it's really pronounced. Is there a forum where we're SUPPOSED to kvetch about this??
Reply 11 years ago
Hi Molten, do you pronounce "solder" without the "l"? L
Reply 11 years ago
I always include it! It's just silent... How do you pronounce it?
Reply 11 years ago
With the "l" of course, where did the "silent l" thing come from? L
Reply 11 years ago
Probably the same place as other silent letters: H... E... Double K!
Apparently Great Britain is the only place in the world that still says it that way... And you guys leave out so many other important consonants!
Reply 11 years ago
I think maybe there was a typo on a popular brand of soldering-iron, or perhaps the technique became popular in a State where the local accent / dialect didn't sound it. And then everyone else followed what those people were saying?<br />I find the etymology has soudure and souder in it, but I don't know.<br /><br />L<br />
Reply 11 years ago
It's probably the Queen.
Every time she mispronounces something, you all have to change your diction.
Reply 11 years ago
I think you're getting us confused with Spain :)
Aww, I was hoping you were from the UK so I could ask if you came from Bolton, I see that spoonerism every time I read your name.
Reply 11 years ago
ME TOO! LOL! It makes my name so ironic.
Reply 11 years ago
Haha, yes.......Bolton Moron.
Reply 11 years ago
It might not be very clever, but being reasonably close to Bolton (wrong side of the border) I did chuckle at your comment - thanks.
L
Reply 11 years ago
Actually, I said something about that on my Orangeboard. Funny it got brought up now.
11 years ago
Based on...?
Reply 11 years ago
The not so funny comic on Monday.
Reply 11 years ago
But how is that any different than any of his other comics?
11 years ago
Ah, you don't get today's comic? Look up polish notation. ;)
Reply 11 years ago
Ah.
Reply 11 years ago
I got it, but didn't think it was funny. XKCD is hit and miss with me.
Reply 11 years ago
Yes, same here - for example, I wasn't particularly enthralled with 594.
Reply 11 years ago
I thought that was pretty clever, the part about calculating the hertz.
Reply 11 years ago
That is actually one of my favorite ones, because it made my friend laugh when she was ...hertz-ing...
11 years ago
What happened to Larson? L
11 years ago
you write a comic 3 times a week....let me know if they're all "winners" (which...by the way is in the eye of the beholder)