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Old 08-13-2008, 08:18 AM   #76
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I pronounce the l in "almond," but the rest of the world seems to leave it out. I never even realized I was saying differently until a few years ago, and now I have to think about it for a second before I say it out loud.
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Old 08-13-2008, 09:20 AM   #77
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You'd be in good company here, most people seem to include the l and I'm in the minority for saying arrrmond.
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Old 08-13-2008, 09:24 AM   #78
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In that case, maybe I can blame my weird-by-local-standards pronunciation on the few years I spent attending a British school. (Yay!)
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Old 08-13-2008, 10:16 AM   #79
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Do you mean in written english or spoken?
I mean written. I know it's just a little apostrophe and an 'e'...but it just gets under my skin..
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Old 08-13-2008, 10:19 AM   #80
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I sometimes listen to Dennis Miller's radio show and he's from Pittsburgh. The other day they had a halting discussion of caulk, halting because Miller doesn't pronounce the "l" in the word. It was comedy gold.
I don't pronounce the "l" either. My dad and I were working on installing a new shower in his bathroom a few months ago, and I don't know how many times I said, "Hand me that cockgun."
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:44 AM   #81
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Even when I don't enunciate the L (though usually I do,) the words are still different for me: cock comes out "cahk" and caulk is more like "cawk"
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:45 AM   #82
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The "L" is pronounced?!
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:48 AM   #83
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Same thing with Duct tape. How many people just say Duck?
To drive it into the ground further, there's a company who makes it under the name "Duck Tape"...complete with a little ducky mascot.



Which makes me wonder if the general public even knows it's really 'duct'...
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:51 AM   #84
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My favorite plumbing double entendre is "pipe dope" ...
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:59 AM   #85
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I have a friend that, in a home improvement store, asked the associate (I swear...) "could you point me out your caulk" and didn't pronounce the "L" - he didn't figure out for days why the guy continued to laugh...

Spouse constantly "confuses" words - combines drowsy with groggy & he's usually "droggy" in the morning. He also says "prior before" which DRIVES ME CRAZY!
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:01 PM   #86
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Qualifies totally for a double-take when you see it, too.
And don't forget, as well, creme for your crack.
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:23 PM   #87
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Even when I don't enunciate the L (though usually I do,) the words are still different for me: cock comes out "cahk" and caulk is more like "cawk"
It's easy to tell apart here. I would say caulk as cawk, swallowing the l in the same way as I do in walk. The o in my cock is much shorter and sharper.
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:24 PM   #88
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The o in cock is at the roof of the mouth, the o in caulk is pushed through slighlty pursed lips.
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:54 PM   #89
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The o in cock is at the roof of the mouth, the o in caulk is pushed through slighlty pursed lips.
lol....I think we're getting almost a little -too- into the pronunciation of caulk..
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:57 PM   #90
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The OH! in cock is at the roof of the mouth, the o in caulk is pushed through slighlty pursed lips.
Fixed it for ya
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