Almonds

We always pronounced the L in almond in our house. Maybe it was how my Irish Mum said it. They also say “filum” instead of “film”. Loads of similar examples too.

Whatever you call them, they are delicious. 🙂My Mum always called marzipan Almond Paste.

Thinking about this here is how we said it “olmond”.😉

Ahmonds!

Ahmonds.
Dh eats tons of them!

Armonds where I live in NW

How can it be aRmonds - there is no R!!

Silent L for me in the south east . So armonds

The 'armonds' was my illustration of the normal pronunciation when i was young.

Other people have, i think, suggested 'ahmonds' for the same thing.

Almonds here Merseyside.

I never pronounce the L. Ahmonds for me.

kittylester

The 'armonds' was my illustration of the normal pronunciation when i was young.

Other people have, i think, suggested 'ahmonds' for the same thing.

That makes more sense.

I grew up in North Cumberland and never heard almonds pronounced any other way than ahmonds.

Armonds for me almonds for DH

Yorkshire parents for me DH is from the Midlands

ALmonds here in Birmingham. I've only heard people on TV call them Armonds.

You are all talking nuts!

In the South West we say Awmunds (with the "aw" pronounced as in the word raw but slightly more drawn out).

If I remember rightly the radio presenter Jimmy Young, who was from Gloucestershire, was once pulled up on his pronunciation of the word by a listener. Being West Country myself I couldn't see what the problem was.

I hadn't heard it pronounced with the 'L' until recently, either. Only ever "ahmonds".

It's not an Americanism. I have heard Americans use both pronunciations.

Ahmonds

Flappergirl….Awmonds with the aw pronounced sounds more Bristolian.

Ahmonds and I was born & bred in North London.

I call them tasty

flappergirl

In the South West we say Awmunds (with the "aw" pronounced as in the word raw but slightly more drawn out).

If I remember rightly the radio presenter Jimmy Young, who was from Gloucestershire, was once pulled up on his pronunciation of the word by a listener. Being West Country myself I couldn't see what the problem was.

Oh, interesting!

He was from Cinderford, the Forest of Dean dialect is unique 🙂
Must ask people I know frm there and from Bristol how they pronounce almond.

This reminds me of how the BBC’s Amol Rajan was picked up by viewers for pronouncing the letter h as haitch! He claimed he didn’t know it was wrong!

JenniferEccles

This reminds me of how the BBC’s Amol Rajan was picked up by viewers for pronouncing the letter h as haitch! He claimed he didn’t know it was wrong!

😯

Every schoolboy should know that!
And schoolgirl.

Always almonds down here in Devon.
Never heard otherwise.