Well, assuming the person hearing me also had the cot-caught
distinction, i'd be fine. The fact that i produce [l] in that word would
just be a bonus.
--
David Bowie
On 11/Apr/11 8:01 PM, Angus B. Grieve-Smith wrote:
> On 4/11/2011 11:46 PM, Helene Neu wrote:
>> 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/.
>
> So there are a lot of people on this list who wouldn't be thrown off an
> airplane for asking "Did you put the balm in the bag we checked?"
>
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