This makes me chuckle...
Not that I want to start any arguments about British vs. American pronunciation. I'm sure they've all been done to death.
I wonder if any shop [store] there claims to have 'sod out' of an item?
Here, we might be told [tod?] they have sod all left, but that's not quite the same. 
Yes I "discovered" this a few years back and was told that solder has a silent L.
I suppose it is just like Ptolemy, that has a silent Pee, as in bath.
Grumpy_Mike:
Yes I "discovered" this a few years back and was told that solder has a silent L.I suppose it is just like Ptolemy, that has a silent Pee, as in bath.
Silent Pees are quite common, as in Psyche, Pneumatic, Pneumonia and the sea, but I don't know of any English words with a silent L.
But, as Mr. Featherstonhaugh* would say, "Who are we to argue?"
- pronounced 'Fanshawe'.
salmon?
calm.
At least, the 'L' is silent the way I pronounce them.
Pete
"should", "could", "would"
"half"
"Suffolk" 
Should be obvious that I'm one who says "sodder"...
Holder, bolder, colder, folder... solder
fodder ... sodder 
Grumpy_Mike:
fodder ... sodder
Only if you're a modder.