Almond

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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!

NW here.
Didn't know it was anything other than Al-mond or all-mund 🤣🤦‍♀️

google fail 🤣

I say both types. Shed is British and Sked is American. Which is very inconsistent seeing as school is skool.

@allthecoffee100 Same! This is eye opening! 😂

Have you just discovered them, you seem to be planting them all over the thread 😁

No - palm = pamm. Calm = camm.

Brought up in Edinburgh, now live in the west of Scotland.

Me too 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thing is there’s lots of words that have different pronunciations and not just because of geography. Neether, nyther, eether, eyther, scon, scone. I think most countries probably have this. They’re all correct.

I was thinking where is the 'i' in Almond when I first read the post, sorry.

I've never heard anyone pronounce it without the 'l'. I'm from Yorkshire if that helps.

No I’m a prolific gifer
just treating this thread with the solemnity it deserves

What about salmon? Does everyone say samun? I’ve never heard the L in that.

😁

I’ve never seen Steve Carroll look so solemn.

Surely there are more than that. I'm Scottish but live in the NE of England and it's very easy for to tell the difference between Geordies, Mackems and Smoggies. And that's just 1 county.

Anyway as a Scot I say almond to rhyme with (Alex) Salmond.

Ol-mnd here, North West

But how do you say Salmond?

I say the L in calm

🤣

How does Marc Almond say it? I reckon he gets the final say. Find out how he pronounces it and close this thread forever. Thanks.

Almond
Salmon
Salmond

No L. But there's been enough Scots on here saying we don't pronounce the L. There must be a pronounciation map somewhere because this is a pretty common one.

Edited for typos

Its like

Palm
Psalm
Calm
Balmy
Salmon

I actually thought of him!! I'm sure he says Ah-mund.

I also pronounce the 'L' in his name 😯

I suspect the pronunciation with the "l" sounding stems from for eg spanish "almendra". Especially in the US where spanish has influenced english more.