Almonds

Always almonds, and I have lived in Wales and the Home Counties.

Always armonds to me - East Anglia.

Almonds for me too.

Armonds in the North East.

My husband says almonds and I say armonds. Obviously he is wrong 😃

I'm confused. When were they ever called 'armonds'?

The L is usually silent in almonds but may depend on where you live.

I've always pronounced them "ahmonds"with silent L.

Never heard of Armonds?
Almonds to me.. As in Al..monds, no silent L in my part of the world.

kittylester

Now seem to be called 'Almonds' rather than the 'Armonds' I have always known them.

When did that happen? Or is it just ne?

It's us! 😁

It must be a Midlands pronunciation.

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/almond

Looks like American pronunciation may include L but not English. Neither says it with R!

Cambridge English Dictionary. The L is silent in English but Americans sound the L.

X post Farmor

Oh I wrote it up wrongly earlier. Ahmonds.

Always known them as almonds. Never heard anyone say 'armonds'. MrA is from NE and he says almonds too.

The standard Received Pronunciation in British English is always Ahmund. Almond, sounding the L, is a spelling pronunciation.

There! I knew we wus posh, kittylester 😁

Most definitely a silent L!!

It’s nothing to do with where you come from in Britain. Received Pronunciation is the same everywhere.

American ‘English’ can be different.

Callistemon21

There! I knew we wus posh, kittylester 😁

Phew that's a relief, calli. I was a bit worried.

Ahmunds

My neighbour says All munds. Double L

Grandma70s

The standard Received Pronunciation in British English is always Ahmund. Almond, sounding the L, is a spelling pronunciation.

That's certainly what I've always known to be the case - silent 'L'. No idea where 'armonds' came from, as there's no 'r' in it?

To me, the l in almonds is silent, as is the l in salmon. I thought pronouncing the l in almonds was an Americanism.