The pronunciation of "Mall"

[Hassled]

as in Shopping Mall.

Is it a class thing or a regional thing? Or an American thing? I say "Marl". DH says "Mal" (to rhyme with "pal"), teenage DD says "Moll". What are your thoughts?

I say Maul, is that wrong?

Well, I say mall that rhymes with fall

I say mall like ball

mall like ball

I say Mall that rhymes with pal

Yes, sorry, meant to put Mall as in Ball as an option. That would seem to be the most common pronunciation, then - DD is always telling me I say it weirdly.

I say it to rhyme with 'fall'.

The Mall in London, though, rhymes with 'pal'.

posh people probably say 'mell'

Y'see I would think "mell/mal" is British and mall rhyming with ball is more US pronunciation ...?

Maul

No a Mall (Pal) is a Mall, it is a particular word and pronunciation for that specific thing (an English word for an English thing).

A Mall (ball) is an american pronunciation because it is an American thing (and is totally different to a Mal (Pal)) IYSWIM....

probably not!

Mall as in Pal is surely British? I know Australians say Mall as in Ball like the Americans.

We say mall/ball in Australia but when I heard about Pal Mall (pal mal) I wasn't sure whether it was the name of the place or the English said Mall like that all the time.

The Mall Corporation in London (Developers/Landlords of lots of shopping centres) pronounce it Mall (Pal)

I would think that if you mean Mall as in street or close, it rhymes with pal.

If you mean it as in shopping centre It seems American, pronounced maul - as in 'OMG Tiffany, I'm totally heading for the mall to meet Brad' sorta thing.

I say Mall as in Ball

Pall Mall is Pal Mal.

I say mall like Paul/ball.
Have to admit I rarely say it though.

I am Scottish, when living there I would have said Moll.

But I noticed when I moved to England everyone said Mal to rhyme with pal.

And have converted!

Pall Mall is not necessarily Pal Mal. I have heard historians call it Pell Mell, and just found this on the interwebs:

There is a possible association between pell-mell and Pall Mall, which is best-known now as the name of a street in central London which runs between St James's Street and Haymarket - previously a small alleyway. That name was coined from the name of the game pall mall (a game played with a ring and mallet), which was played in the alley. On the face of it pell-mell and Pall Mall are derived separately and are unrelated. There are early records though, from Samuel Pepys and others, of both the game and the alley being called pell mell. Whether the game was disorderly and confused and the name was coined from that is speculative. It may be that the similarity between the two is merely coincidence, backed up by indifferent spelling.