To be appalled that DP pronounces the L in almond

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I say armond.. Am I wrong? Almond sounds wrong..

And Alex Salmond isn't called Alex
Sal mond. The last in his name is silent

Two ways for pecan: pea-can and pea-cun, can't think of any other

Out of interest on this link

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/almond

is there is isn't there an L in the British pronunciation? This is how I say the word

oh really? I would say 'Sal-mond'

But then in Scotland, isnt 'Menzies' pron, 'Ming' and Dalziel 'Dee - el'?

Brian Sewell (Syooooowell) would never pronounce the 'l' in almond!
Exactly and neither would the Queen or Prince Charles.

All-mund gives me the rage. It thinks it's posh but it certainly is not.

oh really? I would say 'Salmond' l

Do you say smoked sal mon for smoked salmon?

isnt 'Menzies' pron, 'Ming' No 'Mingiz'

" Do you say smoked sal mon for smoked salmon?"

well no, but that is different...

"oh really? I would say 'Salmond' l

Do you say smoked sal mon for smoked salmon?"

Why would she? They are different words!!! Seems to be a repeated theme throughout this thread people insisting that if you do/don't say this letter them do you do the same for this word.

It's odd!!

Especially all the instance that if you say al-mond then 'do you say sal-mon'? craziness!!! There's no logic to it, as I pointed out earlier those that say ar-mond (probably) don't say sar-mon, so why use it as an example?

Why would you say "sar mon " that is not how that word is pronounced.

Erm, exactly LassWiTheDelicateAir

Anyway no one's answered, so I'll ask again, is there an L or not in this British pronunciation?

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/almond

I have never in my life heard anyone pronounce the L. Armonds all the way here!

Listen to the pronunciation on my link nousernames

I'm feeling suspicious about something

I can't hear an L on the uk link Foxes

The UK version is a short "a mond" and the US is a longer "ah mond"

I'm going to feel uncomfortable saying this word for the rest of my life

Derxa, that exactly. It's so affected, but makes you sound like an eejit.

Don't get me started on people who pronounce the l in 'calm'. It has quite the opposite effect.

I also get a bit tiered of people who come on to these threads, announce they use the wrong pronunciation but argue that it is a legitimate, super speshul hyper local regional dialect in their corner of the UK. More often than not it is an Americanism or American pronunciation, which is fine if you are a) American, b) consistent or c) accurate in your reasoning.

I feel very few of the 'almund' pronouncers here are any of the above.

Same! I'm going to call them long pointy nuts.

Well in that link I can hear the soft swallowed l sound.

To me it's al-mond - how I say it!!

Quite often Americanisms are actually more olde English than them changing it. When America was discovered and people started moving there from these here shores, they took with them English as it was spoken at that time, some words we have changed, some words they changed. You can't assume they're wrong, they've sometimes merely kept a pronunciation we have changed ourselves.

Similar to French Canadians who generally speak an older form of French than in France.

I say it Owl-Mond but that's because my accent is half London/Half Welsh Valleys.

We are London born of Irish descent and always sound the L. Have sat here for 20 minutes practicing other pronunciations and am now feeling slightly mad.

What about pecan nuts?

Pee - can?

Pecken?

Pe - khan?

I would pronounce it pee-kin.

Pi-kaaahn is how pecan is pronounced around here (in the US).

Liiinoo, I am Irish and never pronounce the L.