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Do *you* pronounce the L in SOLDER ? (In the USA?)
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eti:
I’m not sure what lead me here, but it’s some’tin interesting to pass the time.

How to pronounce it properly? I guess there’s a 60/40 split in opinion… 😛
helius:
If almond is derived from the French amande, it would be a similar story to solder with the L spelling coming later.
james_s:

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--- Quote ---, but there are many words that do get a silent "L", for example: salmon, almond, would, yolk, half, folk, palm, could, psalm, calve, walk, ..
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silent maybe,but in english english the  L affects how the word is pronounced.

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Even in American English, there is a pronunciation difference between "calm" and "cam".

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Almond, folk, palm, walk all have the L pronounced though in the case of folk and especially walk it's subtle. At least here in the Northwest. I read somewhere years ago that people in this region speak a neutral American English with no regional accent.
jpanhalt:

--- Quote from: IanB on December 21, 2022, 04:04:58 am ---That makes me think of the "Mary", "marry", "merry" convergence, and wonder if there is any part of America where calm and cam sound the same?

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Try the deep South.  They insert "r's" almost randomly.  My mom pronounced "Eva" as "E ver" (long e) so calm and cam might be pronounced carm and carm, respectively.  She moved in 1945 to LA after he was discharged, but never completely lost that accent.
james_s:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on December 21, 2022, 05:44:57 am ---Try the deep South.  They insert "r's" almost randomly.  My mom pronounced "Eva" as "E ver" (long e) so calm and cam might be pronounced carm and carm, respectively.  She moved in 1945 to LA after he was discharged, but never completely lost that accent.

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That reminds me, my grandmother grew up in Illinois and pronounced Washington "Warshington".
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