I prefer the term "International English" ;-)
It's not just in the UK that they pronounce it anyway.
PG
On 17/10/2009, at 5:23 AM, Ron Yost wrote:
> From Online Etymology Dictionary:
> http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=solder
>
> Solder
>
> c.1350, sawd, from O.Fr. soldure, from solder "to join with solder,"
> from L.
> solidare "to make solid," from solidus "solid" (see solid). Modern
> form is
> from c.1420. The -l- is still pronounced in Great Britain. The noun
> is first
> attested 1374.
>
> Soder-on. :)
> Ron Yost
>
>