Almonds...

Poll: Almonds...

Total Members Polled: 27

Armand: 26%
Awlmond: 37%
Other: 37%
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Simpo Two

Original Poster:

92,597 posts

293 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Watching Marcus Wareing on Food Network and he's calling almonds 'awlmonds'. They used to be called 'armands' - the L being silent. What does the panel think?

RobbieTheTruth

2,817 posts

147 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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I've never heard anyone drop the 'L' in almond

Arrivalist

3,420 posts

27 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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RLmunds or RLMonds depending on your dialect.

RGG

1,101 posts

45 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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AL - Monds for me

Venisonpie

4,779 posts

110 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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RGG said:
AL - Monds for me
This.

Flaked and home toasted.

dundarach

6,196 posts

256 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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RGG said:
AL - Monds for me
Didn't think there were any other ways???

Doofus

34,249 posts

201 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Does anyone else struggle to explain the fact that they like almonds but they hate marzipan?

My mum could never understand the concept, and neither can my wife.

ETA. Arlmonds

HTP99

25,097 posts

168 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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dundarach said:
RGG said:
AL - Monds for me
Didn't think there were any other ways???
Yep me too.

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

92,597 posts

293 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Well, I'm surprised. Despite all posters going for the spoken L, 36% of voters skip it, ie pronounce it properly smile

I wonder if this comes from people learning to pronounce words from text rather than spoken? For example when I was very young I read a lot and came across the word 'recipe'. I'd never seen it before so in my head pronounced it as 'REK-ipe'.

Next week - turmeric and its partner 'tumeric'!

Silvanus

6,910 posts

51 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Doofus said:
Does anyone else struggle to explain the fact that they like almonds but they hate marzipan?

My mum could never understand the concept, and neither can my wife.

ETA. Arlmonds
Marzipan contains almond extract, often synthetic. Cheap stuff contains very little in the way of real almonds. I love almonds but hate marzipan. I guess it's like people hating tomatoes but loving ketchup or vice versa. Almonds are an ingredient, marzipan is a recipe containing multiple things.

DickyC

58,214 posts

226 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Armuns.

Sorry.

Common as muck.

Simpo Two

Original Poster:

92,597 posts

293 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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DickyC said:
Armuns.

Sorry.

Common as muck.
I prefer the posh version, 'harmands' biggrin



Moving on, pekkan or peekan? I go for pekkan...

Super Sonic

14,090 posts

82 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Wasn't this on 'Plebs'?

bimsb6

8,736 posts

249 months

Saturday 2nd November 2024
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Simpo Two said:
DickyC said:
Armuns.

Sorry.

Common as muck.
I prefer the posh version, 'harmands' biggrin



Moving on, pekkan or peekan? I go for pekkan...
Or peekarn

Mobile Chicane

21,977 posts

240 months

Monday 4th November 2024
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Almonds.

DickyC

58,214 posts

226 months

Monday 4th November 2024
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Mobile Chicane said:
Almonds.


"I'm not helping much, am I, dad?"

anonymous-user

82 months

Monday 4th November 2024
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Armunds.

AndyAudi

3,945 posts

250 months

Monday 4th November 2024
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RobbieTheTruth said:
I've never heard anyone drop the 'L' in almond
“Amonds” was what vu grew up with

soad

34,618 posts

204 months

Monday 4th November 2024
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Makes fantastic snacking, I’m tired of shelving pistachios…