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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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Starling7 · 30/11/2024 23:35

I blame Noel Fielding

TrippTover · 30/11/2024 23:30

Notmoog · 30/11/2024 19:00

How's that meant to be pronounced then?

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LIE-luk apparently. I say lie-lack.

TrippTover · 30/11/2024 23:28

Popcorn23 · 30/11/2024 22:48

This is off the point, but Armund sounds like a lovely name for a boy.

If I have another child, they may well be called Armund.

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I once made a cake for a kid called Armand. And someone said it was the most lovely boys name they’d ever seen. I do see it - soft but strong. I assume with Armand the second syllable is stressed though!

OPsSockpuppet · 30/11/2024 23:26

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 30/11/2024 18:46

Not sure why people are so surprised by the 'ah-mond' pronunciation. How do you pronounce 'calm', 'alms' 'balm' 'palm' 'qualm' and 'psalm'?

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.

OPsSockpuppet · 30/11/2024 23:19

DrZaraCarmichael · 30/11/2024 20:14

My inlaws pronounce Hannah to rhyme with spanner, which is.... interesting.

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They do rhyme 🤷‍♀️

StMarie4me · 30/11/2024 23:19

I say ol-mund

OPsSockpuppet · 30/11/2024 23:17

GoldenLegend · 30/11/2024 17:54

I remember Chris Tarrant pronouncing it as all-mond on Millionaire and I thought I'd never heard anything so weird in my life. It's like people who say pollis for police, thee-atr for theatre and sing-ging for singing.

This I don’t get. When I was about 19 I had a boyfriend who lost his mind when I pronounced ‘castle’ with a short ‘a’ (like at least 50% of the UK population) and said he’d ‘never heard anyone say it like this.’ 🙄🙄Never heard it. Like, where have people been that they don’t understand that there are different regional pronunciations?! Why were you soooo weirded out by a completely run-of-the-mill Midlands pronunciation?!

Popcorn23 · 30/11/2024 22:48

RandomMess · 30/11/2024 16:57

Ahmund or Armund depending on where I've lived in England.

This is off the point, but Armund sounds like a lovely name for a boy.

If I have another child, they may well be called Armund.

DrZaraCarmichael · 30/11/2024 22:43

JaninaDuszejko · 30/11/2024 21:50

I knew a woman whose parents named her Linder. I initially assumed it was a German name, but no, they were just unable to spell Linda.

But I'm confused about Hannah and Spanner, are they English and don't pronounce the R in Spanner or are they Scottish and saying Hanner with a rolled r.

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They are English and say Hanner.

Arran2024 · 30/11/2024 22:40

Jostuki · 30/11/2024 20:11

It's pronounced Almond as in Marc Almond.

Ask Alexa to play Marc Almond and she repeats his name back without the l sound!

SnaccidentsHappen · 30/11/2024 22:20

I say Almond with the L.

The L isn't silent but both pronunciations are correct so, almond & ammund.

Nc546888 · 30/11/2024 22:10

SuperfluousHen · 30/11/2024 18:01

The letter K is often silent in English.
Not so the letter L

Here I stand. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Salmon

Nc546888 · 30/11/2024 22:06

Screamingabdabz · 30/11/2024 17:37

I never got that memo. Why does it have a stupid-arse L in the middle of it then making us all look stupid? Or should that be ‘making us ‘au’ look stupid?’.

Are we French? No. Are we Lady Chatterley’s lover. No.

The L is pronounced and that’s it! 😠

do you say SALmon too??!

Annabella92 · 30/11/2024 22:01

I've heard it pronounced with a l, maybe on TV, maybe IRL I'm not sure but I've definitely heard it. I'm Scottish so it's an aaaah-mond

Sosoconfusing · 30/11/2024 21:57

CheshireCats · 30/11/2024 18:54

I have never (in 50 years) heard it pronounced without the L. Have lived in Midlands/ various Northern towns and cities for almost (which is also pronounced with an L!) all of that time. I genuinely had no idea what some people didn't pronounce the L.
However, unlike some other folk, I don't made judgy comments on other people's pronunciations/regional differences. Because I recognise we all have different accents and dialects and they are all wonderful.

Interesting! I’m from the East Mids and have lived in Yorkshire and London. I don’t recall anyone I know pronouncing the L in almond until I met my husband. I think it sounds really odd because I’m used to aah-mund.

I used to think he was saying it incorrectly because his parents moved to the UK in their 30s and he’s inherited quite a few rogue pronunciations. Am aware that this one is legit though!

JaninaDuszejko · 30/11/2024 21:50

DrZaraCarmichael · 30/11/2024 20:14

My inlaws pronounce Hannah to rhyme with spanner, which is.... interesting.

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I knew a woman whose parents named her Linder. I initially assumed it was a German name, but no, they were just unable to spell Linda.

But I'm confused about Hannah and Spanner, are they English and don't pronounce the R in Spanner or are they Scottish and saying Hanner with a rolled r.

piscofrisco · 30/11/2024 21:46

All-mund here

FussyPud · 30/11/2024 21:35

Another northern ahmund appreciator here.

eastcoasterly · 30/11/2024 21:14

@MrMucker GrinGrinGrin

SofandaCox · 30/11/2024 21:10

BunnyLake · 30/11/2024 20:48

How? Like psalam, balam, calam? I’ve never heard anyone pronounce the L in those words ever. Even if it were cahl m, bahl m, I’ve never heard it anywhere, not in real life or tv or movies.

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If you don’t speak that like it then you probably can’t hear it, like the famous singer vs sing-ger debate that comes up every so often. But I definitely pronounce the l and it’s very soft, but so do my peers and family.

Anotherworrier · 30/11/2024 21:07

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 30/11/2024 20:22

In most accents in England, 'Hannah' and 'hanner' would sound identical. Unlike in most U.S., Irish or Scottish accents.

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I agree

DrZaraCarmichael · 30/11/2024 21:04

BunnyLake · 30/11/2024 20:50

That is how you pronounce it. Like Anna with an H.

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No, that is how YOU pronounce it.

Anna. Hannah. Banana. China. In my accent there is no R sound anywhere near these words.

Spanner. Miner. Loner. All end - ER with the R pronounced.

This rhotic/non-rhotic thing used to do my head in when reading to my kids. The words "scarf" and "giraffe" only rhyme if you say the first one as scaaaaaffff which we do not do in Scotland, and you'd think Julia Donaldson would know that as she lived in Glasgow for a good wee while.

dementedpixie · 30/11/2024 20:56

BunnyLake · 30/11/2024 20:50

That is how you pronounce it. Like Anna with an H.

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Spanner has an 'r' at the end and is sounded in my pronunciation (I'm scottish)

Hannah does not have an 'r' sound at the end

BunnyLake · 30/11/2024 20:50

DrZaraCarmichael · 30/11/2024 20:14

My inlaws pronounce Hannah to rhyme with spanner, which is.... interesting.

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That is how you pronounce it. Like Anna with an H.

mathanxiety · 30/11/2024 20:49

CaptainMyCaptain · 30/11/2024 20:15

What? How else would you say it?

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Hannah - vowel ending, no R sound even when the name comes before a word beginning with a vowel. E.g. "Hannah asked..."
Not represented by an R when attempting to write the sound on MN.

Spanner - R sound is pronounced as an R, not as a vowel. This is rhotic pronunciation.

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