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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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BunnyLake · 30/11/2024 18:18

I don’t like the L being pronounced. I say armond (or more armund).

Southerner

ShootyBumPain · 30/11/2024 18:18

Eh? I've never heard it pronounced without the L.

Ollmund. NW

pizzaHeart · 30/11/2024 18:18

ObtuseMoose · 30/11/2024 16:44

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

Me! ☺️

SuperfluousHen · 30/11/2024 18:17

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facepalm GIF
mikado1 · 30/11/2024 18:17

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.

Oh this made me laugh!

We had a teacher who said azoo, hearse for horse, Charless for Charles and Eyetalian 😂

Jane159 · 30/11/2024 18:16

I pronounce it all-mund or al-mund or maybe even awe-mund - but awe-mund and all-mund sound very similar to my ear.

I don't think I've ever pronounced it ar-mund or ah-mond though.

Who knew there were so many ways to say it? It had never occurred to me before.

soupfiend · 30/11/2024 18:16

dementedpixie · 30/11/2024 16:44

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

This. It's ah,mond. Can't stand it pronounced any other way

SofandaCox · 30/11/2024 18:15

SofandaCox · 30/11/2024 18:13

Must be a regional thing.

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Calf
Calm
Palm
Folk

MajorCarolDanvers · 30/11/2024 18:15

There are estimated to be 56 different accents in the UK yet minds boggle on theses threads every single time in utter astonishment that people pronounce words differently.

Storyland · 30/11/2024 18:14

Well I know what to post in the next "I was today years old when I learned. . " thread.

I think my speech is littered with incorrect l's. I love an ah-mond croissant too.

DanineNorries · 30/11/2024 18:13

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Must be a regional thing.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 30/11/2024 18:12

Namechangeobviously2024 · 30/11/2024 16:56

Ol-mund

Ol as in bollocks

NE England if that matters

Same here.

I have a friend who says AL-MOND

Pronouncing the al like say Al-Fayed

Don't know anyone who doesn't pronounce the L !!

Amaranthasweetandfair · 30/11/2024 18:12

Oll-mond. But I'm northern.

Nanny0gg · 30/11/2024 18:12

GridlockonMain · 30/11/2024 16:44

I don’t know how you would pronounce it without the L tbh!

Ah-mond

DanineNorries · 30/11/2024 18:11

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LoafofSellotape · 30/11/2024 18:10

Al mund

SofandaCox · 30/11/2024 18:10

dementedpixie · 30/11/2024 18:09

This says the L is silent so it's settled 😆

I definitely say the L in some of those!

5128gap · 30/11/2024 18:10

I pronounce it Al (as in you can call me) mond to rhyme with blonde. I have heard people say Ull mund though. But only the people who pronounce room as rum.

dementedpixie · 30/11/2024 18:09

This says the L is silent so it's settled 😆

Almond
MajorCarolDanvers · 30/11/2024 18:09

Sparklyhat · 30/11/2024 16:48

Ah-mund here

Me too

(Scottish)

DanineNorries · 30/11/2024 18:08

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SofandaCox · 30/11/2024 18:07

I have never heard it said without the L before.

SuperfluousHen · 30/11/2024 18:06

dementedpixie · 30/11/2024 18:04

I don't sound the L in palm or calm either. Do you @SuperfluousHen ?

yes, its definitely there.
Not emphatically but it’s still there.

BeTealUser · 30/11/2024 18:05

ApolloandDaphne · 30/11/2024 18:03

I say both these things like your second example and I am certainly not pompous. I am Scottish though.

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It’s definitely a regional thing, I never heard anyone pronounce the L in almond until I moved to England (from Scotland).

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