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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Falcon, almond - dominating pronunciation?

Hi,

My English dictionary gives MORE THAN ONE pronunciation pattern for either of these words.
How do most people in YOUR area pronounce "falcon"? "almond"?

Thank you!

Mus-te
  

Top answer

I pronounce "almond" with a silent "l": Ah - mund. But I hear some native speakers say Awl - mund. " To most people, "The Falcon" is a very cheep and popular small Ford automobile, no longer in production.

— Avangi

  • I pronounce "almond" with a silent "l": Ah - mund.
  • But I hear some native speakers say Awl - mund.
  • " To most people, "The Falcon" is a very cheep and popular small Ford automobile, no longer in production.
  • " Fal - cun.
  • But to those of us who are old enough to remember the radio series, The Falcon , and the movie, The Maltese Falcon , it's The Fawl - cun.
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I pronounce "almond" with a silent "l": Ah - mund.

But I hear some native speakers say Awl - mund.

There are likewise two pronunciations for "falcon."
To most people, "The Falcon" is a very cheep and popular small Ford automobile, no longer in production.
I've always heard it pronounced "fa" as in "fat." Fal - cun.

But to those of us who ar
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Very interesting! Thank you Avangi!
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Like most BrE speakers, I say 'oll-mond' and 'foll-con'.

Rover
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British here, Falcon is my surname and I pronounce it like this.
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AnonymousBritish here, Falcon is my surname and I pronounce it like this.
Like what, Anonymous? 'Foll-con'?
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Yes, sorry. I forgot to quote.
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The most usual US pronunciation is:

FAL-kin

AH-mend
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Who pronounces almond without the 'l'?
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