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On Sat, 7 Mar 2026 05:52:06 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> By the way, is it true that USians do *not* pronounce “solder” to rhyme
> with “colder”?

Only if you pronounce 'colder' as 'codder'.  A soul-dering iron sounds 
perverse.