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Post by drlj on Nov 20, 2022 18:09:28 GMT -5
Ok, it probably wasn't an "l". Maybe it was a "d" sound. Some end the first syllable of this word with a clear consonant, others slide through it without emphasizing the consonant (and there may only be the one syllable). The best clue is that we spent at least a page on this forum discussing how we pronounced the word. Sure. Keep changing letters on us. |
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Post by millring on Nov 20, 2022 18:38:02 GMT -5
handsome
handkerchief
sandwich
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Post by millring on Nov 20, 2022 18:38:46 GMT -5
wed nes day
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Post by brucemacneill on Nov 20, 2022 18:48:32 GMT -5
Scallops.
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Post by majorminor on Nov 20, 2022 18:58:38 GMT -5
Has anybody guessed almond yet?
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Post by drlj on Nov 20, 2022 19:02:26 GMT -5
Czy mogło to być słowo z innego języka?
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Post by John B on Nov 20, 2022 19:02:31 GMT -5
Has anybody guessed almond yet? That's the one I was going to propose. My former MIL did not pronounce the "l". |
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Post by John B on Nov 20, 2022 19:03:26 GMT -5
Northerners emphasize the second syllable of a number of words Southerners emphasize the first. TV and pecan come to mind.
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Post by epaul on Nov 20, 2022 19:12:01 GMT -5
I am now pretty sure that the letter in question is a "T". Some people pronounce it, some people don't. And it is a very common word, a word we use often.
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Post by epaul on Nov 20, 2022 19:14:10 GMT -5
OFTEN!
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Post by epaul on Nov 20, 2022 19:27:30 GMT -5
Ok, so, "I think an "L" is involved", wasn't the most helpful hint.
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Post by david on Nov 20, 2022 19:46:05 GMT -5
Crick (some folks spell it "creek," and they typically mispronounce it too).
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Post by david on Nov 20, 2022 19:52:37 GMT -5
I remember hearing an audiobook by John Sandford, one with Virgil Flowers as the main character. The narrator said Virgil was fishing for crappie, pronouncing it "crap pee." It made me laugh - I thought the narrator must be a city boy, because it is correctly pronounced "crop pee," (Hey, my 7th grade buddy taught me how to fish for "crop pee" so my pronunciation had to be right, right?)
I have since learned that half the nation pronounces it incorrectly.
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Post by epaul on Nov 20, 2022 20:03:18 GMT -5
We use peas as bait when ice fishing for walleyes. Not on the hook, we just sprinkle some peas on top of the water. When ahe walleye comes up to take a pea we nab him.
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Post by epaul on Nov 20, 2022 20:05:08 GMT -5
(most effective when spoken. It's a homophone thing.)
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Post by drlj on Nov 20, 2022 20:31:12 GMT -5
Often. Pronounced Off en.
The t is not only silent, it is superfluous.
British Lucy says either is ok.
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Post by drlj on Nov 20, 2022 20:38:28 GMT -5
Ok, so, "I think an "L" is involved", wasn't the most helpful hint. Well, thank God it was not bougainvillea. |
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Post by Cornflake on Nov 20, 2022 20:55:19 GMT -5
We didn't pronounce the L in almond. It was AH-mund.
Caramel was CAR-mul. No second syllable. Still is for me.
Cutlery was a common word but pronounced cuttlery.
I don't pronounce the T in often. Well, I pronounce it just like the T in soften. British Lucy is full of beans.
And this southerner always accented the second syllable of pecan.
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Post by t-bob on Nov 20, 2022 21:56:54 GMT -5
Howard's "If there are "L's" involved"
This is my humor but there are some Chinese people it's not very good with L or R
ie: lice or rice
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Post by dradtke on Nov 21, 2022 10:17:52 GMT -5
Di'n't. I di'n't say that.
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