• @bitwaba
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      42 months ago

      You can pronounce the L in both of those cases, and many people do.

    • @INeedMana
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      42 months ago

      🤯

      So basically L before consonants is generally mute?

      • @[email protected]
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        72 months ago

        I wouldn’t say so - I can think of several counter examples off the top of my head: mold, wild, kiln

      • @[email protected]
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        32 months ago

        It’s generally only l before m, and b after m. So no l sound in salmon or calm, but there is in solve. Oddly, there’s no l sound in salve. Likewise, there is no trailing b sound in bomb, dumb, or lamb. Of course, it’s important to remember this is English, where the exceptions outnumber the rules, which is expected when you mash three languages together with a sprinkling of the rest of the languages.