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L in almond, not in salmon.
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I'm with you Avy.
I have tried and tried and I cant say almond by pronouncing the L
When I try to use the L the A disappears.....
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It is amazing how we can try some words and they don't come out as we desire. So many people have trouble with
"spaghetti"(spusgetti). As a child I could not say "unless"
and it came out "un-else".
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I can say al-mond if I want to, but if I do people will think I am crazy.
Nobody pronounces it al-mond here.
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However you say it, I love to put them and raisins in oatmeal.
Yum.
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I'll give that a go next time I make porridge, Luke. Meanwhile...I did a little survey at work today.....and nobody pronounces the L in almond, in fact most thought I was mad for suggesting it. 100% against the L sound 
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And what were your "controls" for the test? Did you give
placebos and all that????
When we try it here without the"L" it sounds like
making "amends" for some wrong.
Interesting: "Porridge" is not a word used here.
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 03/01/11 04:12 PM.
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For controls I would suggest several alternate texts for people to read out loud. Some sprinkled with words that have unpronounced Ls in similar positions and some with pronounced Ls and some with a mixture of each kind of L. In each case have the L words come before the almond in the text.
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Interesting: "Porridge" is not a word used here. We always use the word porridge...what do you use? I have always pronounced almond (much to my mother's chagrin) as or(l)munds
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