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 ######################################################################## The Variationist List - discussion of everything related to variationist sociolinguistics. To send messages to the VAR-L list (subscribers only), write to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from the VAR-L list, click the following link: http://jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=VAR-L&A=1