Do you pronounce the "L" in palm?

[Unspeaked]

I need to settle an argument with a friend of mine - a midwesterner, I might add.

Do you pronounce the "L" in Palm (kinda like Pol-m) or do you leave it out when speaking (kinda like Pah-m)?

 

[ijen0311]

Like pom.

 

[Unspeaked]

Like pom.

Ok, that would definitely be choice #2...

 

[Ann P]

It's a silent "L". Who won the argument?

 

[Mac'nCheese]

I need to settle an argument with a friend of mine - a midwesterner, I might add.

Do you pronounce the "L" in Palm (kinda like Pol-m) or do you leave it out when speaking (kinda like Pah-m)?

Well, you know the old joke about the elderly jewish couple in Hawaii....

 

[MotleyGrrl]

Palm. With the L. Well, kind of. More like Pawm. I'm from Chicago. I would imagine the east coast saying "pom" like pahhm.

 

[Unspeaked]

It's a silent "L". Who won the argument?

The dictionary actually gives both pronunciations, but the primary one is sans-L.

Palm. With the L. I'm from Chicago. I would imagine the east coast saying "pom".

Of course...

😛

 

[iBookG4user]

I pronounce it with the "L".

 

[ijen0311]

Palm. With the L. Well, kind of. More like Pawm. I'm from Chicago. I would imagine the east coast saying "pom" like pahhm.

Yep. I'm from Florida, and I'm pom.

 

[renewed]

"Pom Phone"

 

[chrmjenkins]

No, but you've made it very pronounced by capitalizing the L, haven't you?

 

[Mexbearpig]

I pronounce the L. I'm from Kentucky.

 

[MattSepeta]

pa-lm

I am in Minnesota and we surely pronounce the L.

Ask me about "Flag" though, and its a whole other story.
"Flaeg" lol

 

[Nermal]

I almost say "pahm". No L there!

There's a sound clip here, but I haven't listened to it.

 

[panoz7]

With the L - though I never really noticed until now.

 

[Love]

Kinda. Ends up sounding like "pawlm".

 

[chown33]

It rhymes with "calm" and "balm".

 

[MacNut]

What about could or should, do you pronounce the L.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

It rhymes with "calm" and "balm".

And arm...

 

[Mac'nCheese]

And arm...

Only if u r Asian.

 

[RawBert]

L.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Only if u r Asian.

That's how I pronounce it, and I'm not Asian. I do however talk proper, like.

 

[OllyW]

That's how I pronounce it, and I'm not Asian. I do however talk proper, like.

Same here and I don't talk proper. 😉

 

[thebassoonist]

I say it "pahlm."

And I'm Utahn.

 

[Jaro65]

For me it's a silent "l".