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How do you pronounce almond?

254 replies

BiscuitLover3678 · 05/03/2022 19:08

How do you pronounce it and where are you from?

OP posts:
Princesspickle777 · 05/03/2022 20:29

Ol-mund NW

RosesAndHellebores · 05/03/2022 20:31

Almund, sounding the "l". South East.

spanglyspaniel · 05/03/2022 20:31

Al-mund. While I get some people say Ah-mund - I don't understand those of you who put an R in there..?
(Scotland SE)

orio · 05/03/2022 20:32

@DueyCheatemAndHow

Ah-mund. SE
Same and same 😁
DownNative · 05/03/2022 20:32

Al-mund is how I say it.

County Down, Northern Ireland.

IsFuzzyBeagMise · 05/03/2022 20:34

Al-mund. Ireland.

Flossingisforteeth · 05/03/2022 20:35

Arrl mund (Hertfordshire)

Loopzy · 05/03/2022 20:36

Ol-mund - West Yorkshire

36degrees · 05/03/2022 20:37

Oll-mund Manchester

stuntbubbles · 05/03/2022 20:37

Correctly.
SE England.

LadyCatStark · 05/03/2022 20:38

Al-mnd without a clear o or a sound between the m and n.

Yellownightmare · 05/03/2022 20:38

@spanglyspaniel

Al-mund. While I get some people say Ah-mund - I don't understand those of you who put an R in there..? (Scotland SE)
I think it's people who don't roll their rs. So ar and ah sound the same in my accent. Though I may be wrong.
butterfly990 · 05/03/2022 20:39
HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 05/03/2022 20:42

Al-mond (east York's)

Whatdramain2022 · 05/03/2022 20:43

Ah - mund. SE England

geminiflanagan · 05/03/2022 20:43

Arlmond. Never really thought about it until I sat here saying it over & over again!

pinkprettyroses · 05/03/2022 20:46

Ol- mund
Leicestershire

BlipBlopYourNipNop · 05/03/2022 20:46

@MsMiaWallace

Al-mund Notts area
Al-mund here and also Notts area.
SirChenjins · 05/03/2022 20:50

Ah-mund (maybe more like ar-mund)- Kent originally, now Edinburgh

NotMyselfWithoutCoffee · 05/03/2022 20:51

Al mund
South Wales

yourestandingonmyneck · 05/03/2022 20:51

I try to avoid saying it because I'm so confused about the silent L to be honest.,

Luckily I don't really eat them so can't even remember last time I said it.

Why is the L silent?

Greentomatoes21 · 05/03/2022 20:53

Aah mund (Northern Ireland)

My MIL in Devon says Ol mund

chesirecat99 · 05/03/2022 20:54

@rosegoldwatcher

AL - Mund. (Northampton out of South Wales.)

Why would it be pronounced differently? (Learning much from this thread.)

Because the original "correct" pronunciation was with a silent "L" in British English. Either is acceptable now but the RP pronunication is ah-mund. I don't think how people pronounce almond is a dialect/regional/class thing though, as this thread is showing,

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/almond

IamMydaughtersMum · 05/03/2022 20:55

Arl mund from south London

stuntbubbles · 05/03/2022 20:55

@yourestandingonmyneck

I try to avoid saying it because I'm so confused about the silent L to be honest.,

Luckily I don't really eat them so can't even remember last time I said it.

Why is the L silent?

www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/02/almond-joy.html