Just a random thought. · 7:02am Jun 25th, 2016
Why do so many authors here spell "soldier" as "solider" in their stories?
It can't be accidental. It happens too often. There must be some reason--some inside joke, maybe.
It makes no sense. Nobody pronounces the word "solider" when saying "soldier"
I could understand spelling solder wrong, since it's pronounced "sodder," but soldier is sold-ger, not solid-er.
What am I missing here?
I prefer solder. It makes them sound pretty metal.
4223170 Is that why they keep yelling, "get the lead out?"
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Yes.
Look at the keyboard and spell 'soldier'. it would not be an uncommon mistake for the fingers to get letters mixed up to come up with solider or slodier. errors happen when writing. catching errors is a whole other preposition, to coin a phrase.