To be appalled that DP pronounces the L in almond

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

Arl-mund here

But as the OP isn't coming back, why are we bothering!

Armond here!

I have to say I don't quite understand the 'salmon' argument - surely nobody pronounces it 'ammond' (as in Richard without the H)...

Merchant; the g thing is so very Brummie. It seems to be the one thinGUH that can't be quashed try as a brummie might.

hazeyjane Tue 19-Jul-16 22:19:00
But dictionary pronunciation says bath is pronounced bath (to rhyme with hearth) and scone (to rhyme with bone)
Here the dictionary says skon for English;
scone (to rhyme with bone) American.
A:mend English, almond American.
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/scone

As I was saying, the OP isn't coming back!

She is probably a Daily Mail journalist!!

I'm very excited at the thought I might soon read an article on The Saying of Almond.

Ooh I hope it's a book!!

Apparently we're all supreme wankers in this house
Maybe it's because we're from the west country.

My MIL says ULL-mond ( and BULLcany )

Ol-mund - broad Lancashire accent. DH, middle class boy, posher than me also says ol-mund. I've only heard tv people say Ah-mund, like those people who say 'erbes instead of herbs.

My husband and I argue about this. But after reading this thread I can't remember how I normally say it now.

Almond or Ah-mond. Armond is just shitting, bollocksy wrong.

Al-mond for me. As Im from Bham I pronounce the gs and vowel sounds. Bugs me when others say 'Birminham' there's a g there bab!

When I talk of multiples I'd say ah-monds but if talking about a singular I'd say Al-mond

The L is silent, the same as salmon.

My DM says it without the L. She dons fat fuckers smocks so I expect she has the right to be pretentious.

The French word for almond is 'amande', pronounced as it is written. Many food words in English came from Norman French, e.g. 'porc' the French for pig to describe pig meant, hence our word 'pork', and so it goes on, mutton/mouton, beef/boeuf, et cetera.

Al'mond as a pronunciation may come from a literal phoneticisation of the word, which may creep in where the word is used by speakers who read the word first before actually hearing it and therefore have nothing to reference.

I think other examples may include maraschino, dauphinoise, quinoa - and the list goes on. There is a case, I think, for saying that we can legitimately anglicise words, such as plurals in Latin such as 'consortium', where 'consortia' possibly seems pretentious and irrelevant in our modern age.

I'm going back to my almond consortium now.

I also pronounce scone to rhyme with bone grin]

WTF are fat fuckers smocks ?

The amount of replies to this OP are incredible. 😂😂😂

Ah-mund
Do you al-munders pronounce salmon sal-mon?

He says : toilet, settee, evening meal, doily, cruet, condiments , front room and pardon as well doesn't he.
You poor thing.
LTB

Armond here (Bucks).

Though I'be heard almond pronounced with an 'l'.

Incredulous at the poster who pronounces the 'l' in 'calm' though?!? Bit of a mouthful surely, and have never heard it (and I've lived in London, the Midlands and the North as well as Bucks)