All right, what is the correct pronounciation of "salmon?"

[LindsayDunn228]

Ok, do you prounce it:

Sammon

or

SALmon??

Do you actually say the "L?" There's a reason why I ask this. Will explain later.

 

[Fionasmommy]

"sammon" - I've never heard anyone actually pronounce the L.

 

[tiggersmom2]

I pronounce it "sammon" with the L silent.

 

[VSL]

Salmon is 'sah-mun'.
But salmonella is 'sal-mon-eh-lah'.

At least in this part of the world.

 

[CraftyMouse]

I also pronounce it "sammon"...no L. The only person I've heard pronounce it as sal-mon was Kellie Pickler on American Idol.

 

[Becky2005]

Sammon here.

 

[Bob Slydell]

sammon as well here

 

[lucas]

Sammon.

 

[kelleigh1]

Yep - silent L.

 

[barkley]

think 'stay at home mom' with an island flair-

sahm-MON

 

[cardaway]

No L.

 

[monarchsfan16]

sammon. Although really it sounds more like sam-min when I say it

 

[brerrabbit]

Yall aint from Texas is ya? Okay, okay the correct pronuciation of the word calls for a silent "l" . But down here it's salllmon.

 

[MinnieM21]

There's no L when you say salmon and it's the correct pronounciation. It even says so in the dictionary.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Salmon is 'sah-mun'.
But salmonella is 'sal-mon-eh-lah'.

At least in this part of the world.

That would be the pronunciation in my part of the world too.

 

[Christine]

I don't pronounce the "L".

 

[Evil Queen]

I've never said the "l"

sammon.

 

[cardaway]

Wonder if the saLmon folks are the same ones that pronounce golf - gof.

 

[thewishfire]

No L for me either. And as another poster said, it sounds like Sam-min.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Ok, thanks so much eveyone. The reason I ask is because my MIL says "saLmon" and it just makes my ears bleed. Around here, NO ONE says the L and she's the only person I have ever heard say it that way. We went to O'Charley's yesterday and she got the saLmon and it made me wonder if I had been saying it wrong all these years.

But saLmon isn't the only thing she mispronouces: mamEogram instead of mammogram (this coming from a woman who's had a double mastectomy); Coomin (think cumin with a soft u) for Coumadin, etc. Sometimes I just sit shaking my head when I am on the phone with her.

But she's the best MIL a person could have, otherwise