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A New Pet Peeve

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I watched a couple of you-tube videos recently,and not to mention any names, but when the hell did people start pronouncing the L in the word solder. I have been saying that word since 1965 at least, in my first formal basic electricity/electronics course as a sophmore in high school. so from 65 til 2023 I never ever heard anyone prononce the L. mind you I have been in the business first as an aircraft electrician from 67 to 71, then electronics of some sort till I retired 2016. it's like when somebody says irregardless. aint no such word in the dictionary. it's just regardless. now I get to cringe more often in my old age. I guess Im getting crabby, and now I have an outlet to blow off steam. thanks for listening if you went this far. very sorry....
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From Merriam Webster:

Is irregardless a word?

Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word’s use.

Saying solder with an L sound though is just wrong, irregardless of what anyone on Youtube says.
 
Folks will speak how they want, irregardless of your aggrieved mind’s comfort.

Some brits pronounce the ‘L.’ Maybe they are English or are trying to be pretentious. Brits also put the end-of-sentence punctuation outside of quotes, but ya gotta take the whole package
 
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audiocast said:
I watched a couple of you-tube videos recently,and not to mention any names, but when the hell did people start pronouncing the L in the word solder. I have been saying that word since 1965 at least, in my first formal basic electricity/electronics course as a sophmore in high school. so from 65 til 2023 I never ever heard anyone prononce the L. mind you I have been in the business first as an aircraft electrician from 67 to 71, then electronics of some sort till I retired 2016. it's like when somebody says irregardless. aint no such word in the dictionary. it's just regardless. now I get to cringe more often in my old age. I guess Im getting crabby, and now I have an outlet to blow off steam. thanks for listening if you went this far. very sorry....
( bored with nothin else to do):(
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I deleted YouTube, and I don't miss it one bit. Just sayin'
 
WillVT said:
From Merriam Webster:

Is irregardless a word?

Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word’s use...
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This seemed weird, so I checked in some of my dictionaries.

Irregardless was indeed in my Funk & Wagnall's (1960) and in my (2003) Webster's. The definition in both was "regardless".

It wasn't in my (2009) Webster's.
 
Not to muddy the water any further...what about "anyway" vs "anyways? These two words can be used in at least three different ways, and then there's "any way".

I tend to use "anyways" more so, as "anyway" seems more formal to me.

Anyways, I hope this doesn't irk you, outcast, in any way, eh?. :bigok:


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