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Are the L's in balm and psalm really silent in British English? I have always pronounced the L, and can't imagine applying a bahm or reading psahm 23.
by gsk22 13y ago
Are the L's in balm and psalm really silent in British English? I have always pronounced the L, and can't imagine applying a bahm or reading psahm 23.
- baha_man 13y agoYes, definitely silent.
- edderly 13y agoYes, similar to 'alms', as in 'alms for an ex-leper' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U74s8nFE7No http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U74s8nFE7No
- gohrt 13y agoWhich English do you speak?
- arethuza 13y agoYes, at least for this Scot, "balm" is the same as the first part of "bampot" and psalm is the same as "Sam".
- lampington 13y agoInteresting, I always thought bampot had a first syllable rhyming with "lamp", but would pronounce balm to rhyme with calm. But then I'm from the south of England so bampot isn't a word I'd normally outside of reading Trainspotting...
- arethuza 13y agoI think Scots tend to shorten sounds - consider Edinburgh, which locals pronounce "Embra". Only having been here for about 30 years I've only got to the point of referring to it as "Edinbra". Referring to it as "Eedeeenboooroooo" causes hilarity in local of all levels of seniority.
- moioci 13y agoSome days there still is a bomb in Gilead.