How Do You Pronounce Almond?

[Retrochic]

Just listening to someone on the TV pronouncing Almond over and over again as AL -MOND, the AL (not ALL) very pronounced. I say ARE-MOND so which is correct?
ALL -MOND
AL-MOND
ARE-MOND

[dannyk13]

Armond

[retrocop]

Right or wrong I have always been understood when I ask for Al-mund ??

[sandyRoe]

al mund

[dannyk13]

Armond according to Collins dictionary.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

onvelope ..or envelope

[Captain2]

May I add another to the list? ie mine

OL-Mond

[Prudie]

I'm with you and say are-mond

[Bathsheba]

with a silent L, as in palm and calm

[dannyk13]

onvelope if you live at Downton Hall otherwise envelope

[steg]

We have the river Almond flowing into the Tay on the north side of Perth, it is usually pronounced "amind" round here

[DTCwordfan]

aremond as like Grass is in ar-se

[wolf63]

or River Almond is pronounced Aa-mund

[Retrochic]

I say onvelope and plar-ster -can't stand hearing plass-ter. One of our daughter went to boarding school in Cumbria and came back saying plass-ter it makes me shudder.

[Tilly2]

I have a friend, from Preston, who gets herself in a right pickle trying to say 'plars ter'.
It makes us laugh.

[Baldric]

As long as your understood, does it matter?

[Prudie]

I also say onvelope and plarster - but should add I get called Lady Mary at work :-)

[starone]

Onvelope is an affectation as the word originates in the French language. It is a bit like o-tel or hotel. If it is now in English then, theoretically, it should be envelope and hotel. Take your pick!

[Chipchopper]

I think, the more variations the merrier and find they all add to a rich tapestry.

[Tuvok]

I would say plas ter

I notice that a extra R gets added to a lot of words by those from south of the border.

eg. drawing becomes draw ring

Your plar ster is an example

Almond is a-min-d


Here is a good thing about pronounciation

[Tuvok]

Youtube link not working again for me!!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM2DVuRMY6s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM2DVuRMY6s