I grew up in Southern California. The pronunciation /pam/ still sounds strange to me; I use a backed "a" in both words as well as a vocalized /l/.
Helene Neu
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Gregory R Guy wrote:
> I have /l/ in both calm and palm, natively. I grew up in Philly, so my /l/ is a little vocalized, but it's still /l/. The [kam] pronunciation is alien to me.
>
> Gregory R. Guy
> Department of Linguistics
> New York University
>
> "It is only through an analysis of variation that the reality and meaning of a norm can be established at all." -Edward Sapir, 1938
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> From: Aaron Dinkin <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 5:19 pm
> Subject: Calm, palm, etc.?
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>> Is anyone aware of any research they could point me toward on the
>> pronunciation of words like "calm" and "palm" with a /l/? (I assume
>> this
>> is spelling pronunciation, but it just might be a parallel
>> preservation of
>> an archaic form.) Geographic distribution of the /l/, whether it
>> affects
>> all relevant words, anything like that?
>>
>> -Aaron J. Dinkin
>> Dr. Whom
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