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!

How's that meant to be pronounced then?

Anybody else read the OP as I (eye) not L and wonder wtf they were on about?

Yep. I thought where the fuck is the 'eye' in Almond 🤣

Don’t know? It’s how many google said.

as a fellow Scot I agree with the almond/salmond

ALmund. As in Alan or just L lol

Scottish here, living in London. Def without the L. But I've been down here for 35 years and I definitely don't say it as hard "ahmand" as I would if I was still in Scotland. My accent has changed and I would say "awhmand". Btw my most favourite artist of all time is Marc Almond and Alexa doesn't say the "l".

Ahmund - scottish (west coast)!

Owlmund innit.

Sometimes I am actually happy my foreign accent is so fucked up that I can pronounce things like my mouth grew and no one can openly judge me or think I am pretentious 😁
I say Al-mond.

Ah-mnd

I say ah-mond but some people say al-mond.
It doesn't bother me.

Silent L here. Ahh-mund.

People with non rhotic accents see the letter R and hear a vowel sound in their heads, and think everyone else does too.

I say al-mond but I am one of the types who learnt to read early, so pronounces words as they look, unless it's a word I've heard others saying from an early age. I still think ah-mond sounds "posh".

Al ( as you'd pronounce the name Al) mund ( with a slightly swallowed "u"

I've lived in London, Scotland and Suffolk and I've never met anyone who DIDN'T pronounce the "L"

Exactly this!
I'm aware of regional variations for many words, but the point is that everyone I've ever met from all over the UK pronounces the L

I've always pronounced the L.

Wasn't even aware of the ahmund pronunciation until a few years ago and it actually caught me off guard a bit.

Always thought it sounded weird, non-sensical and a bit pretentious.

A poster above put a screenshot of silent L words (calm etc) and it still didn't change my mind.

The only one that gave me pause was salmon.

I do not pronounce the L in salmon, so I can now kind of see where the silent L in almond is coming from.

But I'm not sure I can change my pronounciation, nor do I think I want to.

I am surprised though that so many people seem to have got the memo that the L is silent.

I had no idea until a few years ago.

I don't and neither do most people I know.

It's alm as in palm.

All the almond and allmond people need to put their tongues back in 🤣

Same here (east mids)

"Al-mond" is how foreign people pronounce it.

It's pronounced Almond as in Marc Almond.

It is on a level with people who say cinemarrrrr instead of cinema.

You don't say "Sal-mon" either.
It's "Sammon"