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Almond

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EntropyCentral · 30/11/2024 16:42

I know some people pronounce the 'l' in Almond, but I don't think it can be many. I've never heard it except from my husband and it drives me nuts (!)

So how many do?

YABU: One should pronounce the 'l' in Almond.

YANBU: Of course you bloody don't!

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tobee · 02/12/2024 03:06

I pronounce it Ah mond
Whereas dh says All mond.

It sounds all wrong when he says it and yet we grew up in the same town 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dh also says Bate-hoe-venn
Whereas I say Bate-oh-venn

I find his way of pronouncing that weird too. Although he probably says it the German way. So maybe correct.

Floatlikeafeather2 · 02/12/2024 01:15

BobbyBiscuits · 30/11/2024 17:23

I pronounce it 'Arr-mund'. No L sounds at all.
I don't like it when I hear Al- mund. Or All-mund.
But think it's more common outside the UK to use the latter two.

I've lived in a few different areas of the UK and have friends from all over the country (and I'm very old by MN standards) and I know nobody who doesn't pronounce the L so there's a lot of us about. Ahmond sounds slightly ridiculous to my ears and sadly I'm going to start hearing it all over the place now.

DearZebra · 02/12/2024 01:01

I’m am so bemused right now!
i have always pronounced it OLMUND and never tuned in to anyone pronounce it any differently 🤯

Attheedgeoftown · 02/12/2024 00:24

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 01/12/2024 21:00

I guess your DH is pronouncing like You Can Call Me Al-mond, which is weird.

I sort of lilt it, so it comes out like Ah-mond, or sometimes more of an Ahl-mond.

Without the 'l' obviously you would have a different pronunciation but I agree, it's not a heavily voiced 'l'.

As an aside, I hope no-one on this thread will start banging on about rhotic bloody accents.

Well, if people keep insisting on spelling words with extra r’s it’s more or less inevitable isn’t it? 😉
Yes, I know it’s meant to indicate a longer vowel sound. The problem is that for so many people on here an r simply indicates an r sound.

LoafofSellotape · 02/12/2024 00:14

sabbii · 01/12/2024 19:48

Correct pronunciation is ar-monds.
Exactly like salmon, silent L. Basic literacy

There's no R in almond.

another1bitestheduck · 01/12/2024 23:55

ObtuseMoose · 30/11/2024 16:44

I pronounce it ah-mund. I don't know anyone who says al-mond.

vice versa!

CrazyAndSagittarius · 01/12/2024 23:54

TrippTover · 30/11/2024 17:39

I say almond. Like it’s written - al-mund.
I also say lilac like lie-lac which is apparently wrong too.

Personally I think ‘ahhhhmond’ and ‘lie-luk’ sound so pompous 😂

Lie-luk isn't pompous. That"s just how it's pronounced lol! And I was dragged up on a council estate! Definitely no pompous pronunciations here!!

DancingOctopus · 01/12/2024 23:52

I pronounce the L. My mother did.
I am not sure if it's a regional thing or just a my Mum thing.

CrazyAndSagittarius · 01/12/2024 23:52

kazzieB · 30/11/2024 17:20

It's AL-mond.

Clue's in the spelling. Any other way of saying it is just nuts.

Things in English are very often pronounced different to the way they are spelt. Don't take that as your clue! 😂

CrazyAndSagittarius · 01/12/2024 23:50

I say. Ahl-mond. The L sound is very short though so it could sound like I am saying ah-mond. The l is definitely there though. However online it says it's supposed to be completely silent! All-mond or Al-mond is blatantly wrong though surely. Unless it's a dialect thing.

Lyraloo · 01/12/2024 23:05

ObtuseMoose · 30/11/2024 16:44

I pronounce it ah-mund. I don't know anyone who says al-mond.

I do!

swiftyscakes · 01/12/2024 21:51

I pronounce it al-mond but the "al" sounds like the start of olive.
I know a fair few people who pronounce it al-mond but with the "al" like in alligator.
I don't know anyone who doesn't pronounce the L, tbh!

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 01/12/2024 21:00

I guess your DH is pronouncing like You Can Call Me Al-mond, which is weird.

I sort of lilt it, so it comes out like Ah-mond, or sometimes more of an Ahl-mond.

Without the 'l' obviously you would have a different pronunciation but I agree, it's not a heavily voiced 'l'.

As an aside, I hope no-one on this thread will start banging on about rhotic bloody accents.

JayJayj · 01/12/2024 19:56

I honestly didn’t know you didn’t pronounce the L!! Which means everyone around me also says it wrong which is kind of crazy to think about.

I just googled it as I really didn’t believe that you wouldn’t pronounce the L!

Thank you for my “new thing I learned today”

OPsSockpuppet · 01/12/2024 19:55

sabbii · 01/12/2024 19:48

Correct pronunciation is ar-monds.
Exactly like salmon, silent L. Basic literacy

If it was ‘exactly like salmon’ it would be ‘a’ (short a) mond.

I don’t think rhotic speakers will agree with your attempt at a phonetic rendering there either!

doodleschnoodle · 01/12/2024 19:49

dementedpixie · 30/11/2024 16:44

I say it more like ah-mond so don't sound the 'l' at all.

Me too. I'm Scottish too.

sabbii · 01/12/2024 19:48

Correct pronunciation is ar-monds.
Exactly like salmon, silent L. Basic literacy

Attheedgeoftown · 01/12/2024 19:34

restingbitchface30 · 01/12/2024 18:58

What do you mean! I’ve never heard someone say ah-mond! It’s an al-mund. To not pronounce the l is insane to me!

Lots of people do it all the same 😉

restingbitchface30 · 01/12/2024 18:58

What do you mean! I’ve never heard someone say ah-mond! It’s an al-mund. To not pronounce the l is insane to me!

Single50something · 01/12/2024 18:35

I say all mund.

BunnyLake · 01/12/2024 18:01

OPsSockpuppet · 30/11/2024 23:26

Actually I think people do add a slight nod to the L in those words. Certainly in alms. It’s not the same as arms, is it? Or even ahms (ahms and alms would be the same for me because I’m ’non-rhotic’). There’s a gentle hint of ‘L’ in there somewhere.

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Google British pronunciation has alms as Aamz. I guess for some the L isn’t silent.

MarvellousMonsters · 01/12/2024 17:57

dementedpixie · 30/11/2024 16:44

I say it more like ah-mond so don't sound the 'l' at all.

The L is silent.

Almond
CaptainMyCaptain · 01/12/2024 08:55

I've just realised that although I call the nut an ahmund I would say Marc Olmund.

florenceandthemac · 01/12/2024 08:09

Olmond

TheFastKhakiSloth · 30/11/2024 23:46

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