Almonds

Oh, and I don't actually like nuts of any kind, including the almond/armond and the especially the heinousness it is used for; ie marzipan.
I have always said forehead as it is spelt but agree with you about hapepenny rather than the literal pronunciation, but as even the decimal version has been out of circulation for over forty years, none of us have much need of the word these days.

I have found the same thing with "forehead". When I was growing up, the pronunciation was "forrid", now it seems to be "for-head", ie pronounced as it's spelt.

Also "halfpenny" used to be "hape-nee" and is now often pronounced as it's spelt.

I've always said almonds - I'm not American, by the way - and have noticed the opposite to you. Far more people on TV seem to be pronouncing the word as armond.

Farmor15

dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/almond

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

I was beginning to lose my mind over this particular spelling & pronunciation 🙄

I have lived in the north east and Cumbria and it is definitely armunds.

I’ve never heard anyone say it with a silent L! This is a new one on me!

Nightsky2

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

It is indeed Bristolian Nightsky2 and awmonds are gert lush.

I don’t think 🤔 Marc Almond’s name is pronounced Almond?

Nuts?

Ahmonds for me, grew up in the south-east. Why go to the extra trouble of pronouncing the 'l'?

Ahmonds - silent 'l' as in Salmon. A friend usually calls them 'aulmods' with the 'l' sounded. What does it matter - we understand each other.

grandetanteJE65 is absolutely correct .
The L is silent as it is in salmon .

NotAGran55

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

Ditto, NotAGran55.

And while we’re at it, he’s also
wrong on scone, suit, orange, and any others I may have forgotten.

Exactly what grandtante says..............and I like mine gently toasted and sprinkled over plain yogurt with some honey

Probably imported from America...they pronounce everything phonetically. Like the name Wagner....Waaagner!!!

Always almonds down here in Devon.
Never heard otherwise.

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.

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!

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.

I call them tasty

Ahmonds and I was born & bred in North London.

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

Ahmonds

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.

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.