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8 hours ago, Kim Shook said:The "L" in salmon bugs me, too. As does a friend's pronunciation of "almond" - she says the "al" as in the man's name "Al' and then "mond".
I was at a wedding in California where the bride's uncle told me he was an Amon farmer, then translated, "You would say almond." I told him, "You grow them, you get to decide how to say it."
eta: If I remember correctly, he used a hard A
7 hours ago, Kim Shook said:The "L" in salmon bugs me, too. As does a friend's pronunciation of "almond" - she says the "al" as in the man's name "Al' and then "mond".
I was at a wedding in California where the bride's uncle told me he was an Amon farmer, then translated, "You would say almond." I told him, "You grow them, you get to decide how to say it."
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