Almonds

I say Olmonds!

Silent l, always. Kent.

That was me not explaining it properly in the op, MissA.

I say ahmonds not almonds. I indicated that by typing armonds!

No matter how many times people say it, I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone pronounces it 'armonds' when there is no 'r' in the word! The L is silent, but I can just about understand someone saying 'al-monds'!

I remember my mum discussing the pronunciation of almonds some 70 years ago! She said ahmunnds, as do I, but having moved area, she was hearing it pronounced differently. There will always be regional differences. English is a most inconsistent language.

Most round here in the south of Australia don’t pronounce the ‘l’. From many different backgrounds.

Me too, a Boro girl! Husband, brought up abroad, and then the Midland’s, armonds.

Poppyred

It’s always been Almonds, haven’t heard of “armonds” ?? until today!!

Same here, a first for me. Always almonds. I'm S.E.Wales.

I was brought up by a Brummie Mum. It's always been armonds for me. Now living in East Anglia and I've heard both!

Or my mother (in Mrs Bucket mode) an 'otel! Correct but irritating.

Those tiny municipal houses meant for retired folk...we're they pronounced ALMS Houses or ARMS houses? Same applies to pronouncing these nuts..its ARMonds.
This puzzle puts me in mind of the current use of HAITCH rather than AITCH. Or HISTORIC rather than the correct ISTORIC.

Always been almonds.

Always armunds oop north!

aa muhndz in phonetics. The L is not pronounced. Sx

Ahmonds for me.

And while we’re at it, when did ‘Nestle’s’ chocolate become ‘Ness-lay’?

When I was growing up, it was always ‘Nessuls’.

And jolly good it was too!

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welbeck

those who pronounce the L in almonds,
how would you say,
almshouses,
give alms of your charity.

The almshouses that are next to the palm trees? 😀

In Wales…

It’s always been Almonds, haven’t heard of “armonds” ?? until today!!

Definitely ahmonds in Hertfordshire - or was up to the 1970s

Always been almonds to me

those who pronounce the L in almonds,
how would you say,
almshouses,
give alms of your charity.

Always ahmonds in both the south east and for the last 30yrs in Devon.

Bristolian born and bred and it's always almonds with the L for me. Mind you, there are different dialects around Bristol so it might vary across the region!

Ahmunds in East Yorkshire too and The Midlands.

I am Leicester born and bred and we've always said "ahmonds." I always assumed that "almonds" was posh.