I do recall the last almond thread that someone posted a video of the correct way to say it. (Which according to them wasn't how I say it.) But the video sounded exactly how I say it, despite it being according to them being as they said it.
I'd say ah-mond. Though I do appreciate that others read 'ah' differently to me! There's no trace of an 'r' for me.
Ah-mond, ss-ah-mun (salmon),
It's just words that differ in spelling to its pronunciation due to the spelling being 'set' as a time scribes. Either 'corrected' spelling and the rest of the illiterate population carried on saying them like they did. Or the pronunciation changed in speech and scribes kept with spelling it they old pronunciation. (Scribes being some what apart from the hoi polloi.)
I never really understand why people go for me snooty snots about how things are said. It's far more interesting to discover why they are said differently.
Despite my lack of r in almond, there's a 'ar' in my calm and balm. My talk has more of an 'or'. Other accents have an (r-less) 'ah' in balm and calm, and there can be an ah in talk with some accents.
Mind you even the name of the letter R can be said different...