Anyone else pronounce the 'l' in salmon

[unrequited23]

Do you say the L in aLmond too?

Wait, people don't say the L in almond?

 

[ronandannette]

Wait, people don't say the L in almond?

I guess they do, actually but just a little, and like all not like the name Al, which is what was being mentioned in salmon. Hearing myself say it, I'm meaning to say all-monds but the L is so quick and soft it actually sounds like ahh-monds.

 

[JimMIA]

Always been silent for me, but in Miami a big majority of Spanish-speakers say, "SAL-mon." They even make fun of a lot of their sayings and pronunciations, as in the "*Things* Miami Girls Say -- and guys" videos on YouTube.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Sammin.

 

[tzolkin]

Do you say the L in aLmond too?

I guess they do, actually but just a little, and like all not like the name Al, which is what was being mentioned in salmon. Hearing myself say it, I'm meaning to say all-monds but the L is so quick and soft it actually sounds like ahh-monds.

This is what I was thinking too. There are different ways to say the L. I definitely pronounce the L is almond, but it is lighter (all-mund) not AL-mund (like Big Al).

Always been silent for me, but in Miami a big majority of Spanish-speakers say, "SAL-mon."

I was going to mention the same. The only time I hear it regularly is if we are traveling in a Spanish speaking country. It’s funny because they will correct you. Like if you order salmon in a restaurant, they will repeat back, “Okay, you want the SAL-mon”.

 

[RedAngie]

It’s pronounced “awl-mind.”

 

[Minnesota!]

Sammon
Awl-mund

 

[Dan Murphy]

There is no L in saman.

 

[tvguy]

Only when speaking of Salman Rushdie

 

[tvguy]

Wait, people don't say the L in almond?

They are All-monds on the tree. The are ah-monds when they fall off the tree and get the L knocked out of them.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

No. The L is silent.

However my husband does because the L is pronounced in Spanish, his first language, so he’s always carried it over into the English word.

 

[Meriweather]

silent L

 

[leahgoogle]

No

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I no longer pronounce it with an l, but I did when I lived in North Carolina. I'm pretty sure my family up there still pronounce the l.

 

[Deb]

never pronounce the l in salmon and the plural of shrimp is shrimp.

 

[1GoldenSun]

No. But my husband is not much of a cook and when we first started dating his go-to meals were either frozen pizza or pasta with Knorr pesto and a can of salmon. For some reason, he pronounced regular salmon without the l but he pronounced that nasty canned stuff with the l.

 

[Skywalker3]

Do you say the L in aLmond too?

Ha yes, well I say it like ‘ahlmond.’

 

[Skywalker3]

Yeah, I quit saying the ‘l’ years ago , but did growing up for sure. I now know better!

 

[Metro West]

My mother used to...I never did.

 

[willowsnn3]

Always pronounce the l. Life is too short to worry about pronunciation of something I don’t ever intend to purchase or order at a restaurant. Almond is “all mon” & Aldi is ”All dee” just in case y’all were wondering, lol.