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Civo monoga Posted 8 years ago
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Do you often pronounce the letter "L" at the end of words?
I heard people sometimes pronounce without "dark L" (those two Ls at the end of words) like girl becomes girw, kill becomes kiw, ball become "baw". Is it ok to pronounce w instead of Ls? I feel like it easier to pronounce w instead of Ls. Also the word "often" sometimes becomes of-ten not offen.
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There are some regional accents where people say "bawl" for "ball" but it's impossible to pronounce "girl" as "girw."
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Americans pronounce the ells.
"Often" is pronounced either way. I say "offen". The "t" sound is return of what was a silent letter before 1800. "Off-ten" sounds prissy to me, but that's my problem.
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