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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-Angus B. Grieve-Smith
Saint John's University
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