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Subject: Re: [?? Probable Spam] Re: soldering "iron"

From: James Bishop <bishopaj@...>
Date: 2009-10-18

New Zealand and Australia both pronounce the L in my experience.

This reminds me of a funny conversation I had recently with some
Japanese and Chinese friends, it turns out that both cultures have
their own version of the Doh-Ray-Me song from the sound of music. I
remember that the 'Ray' in japanese is for 'Ray-Mon' which means
lemon, it seems that it is borrowed from english (or french). That
surprised me, I guess that lemons must have been introduced into
Japan...

> So I assume the British based English language (South Africa, New Zealand,
> Australia, Former USSR, etc) also pronounce the L as well?
>
> If so, I assume it depends on which version of English was prevalent as the
> areas were brought into the English speaking world.
>
> ><> ... Jack