Random etymology thing on why Americans pronounce solder ‘sodder’
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The German word for solder is Lot
French is souder
Russian is pripayat
Japanese is handa
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Based on shortness of word I think the Germans are probably best at it
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Lol, Google Translate Gell-Mann amnesia moment. It thinks the Hindi word should be “milaap” which makes no sense (that’s ‘join’ as in ‘join in matrimony’). AFAIK there’s no word for it and people just use the English word, including non-English speaking electricians.
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Yet another bit of evidence why my people basically suck at any actually useful doer/maker skill.
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The Marathi term for soldering is "डाक लावणे". I am surprised that there should be no local Hindi word for it.

