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Post by katlady on Jun 13, 2021 20:33:17 GMT
I was watching a video about strange pronunciations in the American English language. One word that came up, that actually surprised me, was "palm". The video was asking why is there an "L" in "palm" when you don't pronounce it. And many of the commenters stated that they don't pronounce the "L" in "palm". I had a WTH moment and had to make this a poll! So, how do you pronounce "palm"? I say the "L". It is a soft "L", but I don't think I've heard anyone around me say "pom".
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jun 13, 2021 20:35:57 GMT
Will these results break down the same as almond/ahmond and yolk/yohk?
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Post by Zee on Jun 13, 2021 20:44:53 GMT
There is definitely an L in palm. Pallm.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 13, 2021 20:55:34 GMT
Definitely with an L.
If you don’t say the L, do you say it like the name Pam?
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Post by KiwiJo on Jun 13, 2021 21:01:39 GMT
We don’t pronounce the L here, but we certainly don’t say “pom” either - there is no O in the word. We say pahm.
ETA - and we also say “ahmond” and “yoke”…
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Post by gar on Jun 13, 2021 21:12:03 GMT
Definitely with an L. If you don’t say the L, do you say it like the name Pam? Generally pronounced parm in the UK I’d say 😊 Much like I say almond ah-m’nd although I do hear almond sounding the L too here. As to why…that’s too big a discussion for a message board. The English language is a wonderful thing 😊
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jun 13, 2021 21:20:23 GMT
Definitely with an L. If you don’t say the L, do you say it like the name Pam? Pam has a short ‘a’. Palm has a shot ‘o’ sound like pom-pom. No L though.
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Post by peabay on Jun 13, 2021 21:30:00 GMT
Yep - "pom" tree.
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Post by grammadee on Jun 13, 2021 21:53:27 GMT
We don’t pronounce the L here, but we certainly don’t say “pom” either - there is no O in the word. We say pahm. ETA - and we also say “ahmond” and “yoke”… Same pronunciations here in western Canada.
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Post by Really Red on Jun 13, 2021 21:59:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2021 22:01:14 GMT
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Post by gar on Jun 13, 2021 22:06:30 GMT
SaLmon sounds odd to me too. We don’t pronounce every letter in every word so I don’t see why this is a discussion really.
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Post by gramasue on Jun 13, 2021 22:07:30 GMT
Even though I know the L is there, I say POM. And yet, when referring to the dish soap, I pronounce the L - Palmolive. Weird, eh?
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Post by gillyp on Jun 13, 2021 22:12:27 GMT
Standing with gar. Palm - rhymes with arm almond - are'mund although I am tending to say ahl-mond more frequently yolk - rhymes with joke.
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 13, 2021 22:54:55 GMT
"paLm"
"aLmond"
"yoke" -- I've never heard anyone pronounce the "l" in "yolk".
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Post by monklady123 on Jun 13, 2021 22:56:52 GMT
Even though I know the L is there, I say POM. And yet, when referring to the dish soap, I pronounce the L - Palmolive. Weird, eh? "Palmolive" is different though... That's not "palm-olive" it's "pal-mo-live".
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Post by peabay on Jun 13, 2021 22:58:58 GMT
Even though I know the L is there, I say POM. And yet, when referring to the dish soap, I pronounce the L - Palmolive. Weird, eh? Same! And I didn't realize til this second that the dishwashing detergent is "Palm-olive."
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 13, 2021 23:07:44 GMT
pahm yoke ah-mund sammun Those of you saying that you pronounce palm as "pom" - that's not how I hear Americans pronouncing it. Pom has a much shorter -o- sound. I don't know how to write the phonetic spelling of how I hear Americans pronounce it. But it's definitely more of an O sound than the drawn out AH of how an Australian would say it. This is why I have said before we need to set up a Two Peas YouTube pronunciation channel!
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 13, 2021 23:09:05 GMT
Even though I know the L is there, I say POM. And yet, when referring to the dish soap, I pronounce the L - Palmolive. Weird, eh? "Palmolive" is different though... That's not "palm-olive" it's "pal-mo-live". Not here it's not. We say it palm - olive (pahm olive). ETA: "History - The B.J. Johnson Soap Company was established in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1864. In 1898, the company introduced Palmolive soap[1] a formula created by the company that included palm and olive oil.[2]" Another ETA: Didn't y'all have the commercial for Palmolive soap? "Don't wait to be told: You need Palmolive Gold!" www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10154824299309285So cheesy!!
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 13, 2021 23:27:46 GMT
almond/ahmond and yolk/yohk I definitely say the L in palm and almond but not the one in yolk or in salmon.
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Post by Linda on Jun 13, 2021 23:46:36 GMT
palm = parm
yolk = yoke
salmon = sahmohn
palmolive = parm-olive
almond = ahl -mohn
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Post by CardBoxer on Jun 14, 2021 0:07:17 GMT
Soft L in palm. I’ve heard occasional poms but never parms,
L in almond. Ahlmond.
No L in egg yolk. Yoke.
Salmon rhymes with famine (no e sound at the end).
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Post by myshelly on Jun 14, 2021 0:54:39 GMT
Parm is a cheese!
Lol.
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Post by janeliz on Jun 14, 2021 1:25:58 GMT
“Pom” for me. As I say the words mentioned in this thread out loud, it seems that’s a pattern for me.
Ahh-mund Yoke
I do say Palmolive as “Pol-mallive”.
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Post by tenacious on Jun 14, 2021 1:27:25 GMT
Soft L in palm. I’ve heard occasional poms but never parms, L in almond. Ahlmond. No L in egg yolk. Yoke. Salmon rhymes with famine (no e sound at the end). Exactly this.
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Post by sideways on Jun 14, 2021 2:27:17 GMT
Even though I know the L is there, I say POM. And yet, when referring to the dish soap, I pronounce the L - Palmolive. Weird, eh? "Palmolive" is different though... That's not "palm-olive" it's "pal-mo-live". I think because we all saw the Madge commercials and that’s how she said it. Did I just date myself there? 😁
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Post by voltagain on Jun 14, 2021 3:04:46 GMT
palm, yolk, almond all have a distinct, almost hard, L sound. Salmon does have a soft barely voiced L to it.
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Post by paigepea on Jun 14, 2021 3:09:36 GMT
Pom tree.
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Post by hookturnian on Jun 14, 2021 3:39:20 GMT
Standing with gar. Palm - rhymes with arm almond - are'mund although I am tending to say ahl-mond more frequently yolk - rhymes with joke. That's how I pronounce it too. The Rs are non-rhotic, so not like the American R pronunciation, which is rhotic. Spell-check 'corrects' rhotic to erotic 🤣
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Post by gar on Jun 14, 2021 7:24:17 GMT
palm, yolk, almond all have a distinct, almost hard, L sound. Salmon does have a soft barely voiced L to it. So you say yoLk? I don't think I've ever heard anyone sound the L in yolk, although I have heard it in salmon and almond.
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