Pronunciation

[Mack A. Damia]

A respected newsman on CBS since 1969, Bob Schieffer, touted as an
"American television journalist", yesterday pronounced the word,
"SALMON" as sal-mon with the "L" very noticable.

I'm from the school where the "L" is not pronounced, but I hear this
so often these days - also the name "PALMER" pronounced, pal-mer.

Is this ever an acceptable variation?

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[Whiskers]

On 2012-08-11, Mack A Damia <mybaco...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> A respected newsman on CBS since 1969, Bob Schieffer, touted as an
> "American television journalist", yesterday pronounced the word,
> "SALMON" as sal-mon with the "L" very noticable.
>
> I'm from the school where the "L" is not pronounced, but I hear this
> so often these days -

Perhaps Salman Rushdie is to blame. Or unrehearsed reading from
autocue.

> also the name "PALMER" pronounced, pal-mer.
>
> Is this ever an acceptable variation?

I don't think I've ever heard 'Palmer' pronounced without a distinct l.

Golfers can't seem to agree as to the strength of the l, but walkers
almost all allow it to be very lazy.

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[Mack A. Damia]

On 11 Aug 2012 20:11:58 GMT, Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com>
wrote:

>On 2012-08-11, Mack A Damia <mybaco...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A respected newsman on CBS since 1969, Bob Schieffer, touted as an
>> "American television journalist", yesterday pronounced the word,
>> "SALMON" as sal-mon with the "L" very noticable.
>>
>> I'm from the school where the "L" is not pronounced, but I hear this
>> so often these days -
>
>Perhaps Salman Rushdie is to blame. Or unrehearsed reading from
>autocue.
>
>> also the name "PALMER" pronounced, pal-mer.
>>
>> Is this ever an acceptable variation?
>
>I don't think I've ever heard 'Palmer' pronounced without a distinct l.

Went to school with this guy - Dick Palmer. I think his grandfather
founded the firm, but I never heard his name pronounced any other way
but "palm" as in the front of your hand with an added "er". Almost,
"pommer".

http://www.rmpalmer.com/

He transfered to an exclusive prep school in senior high school. We
weren't good enough for him.

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[Whiskers]

The palms of all the hands I know have definite ls in them. As do the
trees and fronds.

[Mack A. Damia]

On 12 Aug 2012 13:10:42 GMT, Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com>

wrote:

>On 2012-08-11, Mack A Damia <mybaco...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11 Aug 2012 20:11:58 GMT, Whiskers <catwh...@operamail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2012-08-11, Mack A Damia <mybaco...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A respected newsman on CBS since 1969, Bob Schieffer, touted as an
>>>> "American television journalist", yesterday pronounced the word,
>>>> "SALMON" as sal-mon with the "L" very noticable.
>>>>
>>>> I'm from the school where the "L" is not pronounced, but I hear this
>>>> so often these days -
>>>
>>>Perhaps Salman Rushdie is to blame. Or unrehearsed reading from
>>>autocue.
>>>
>>>> also the name "PALMER" pronounced, pal-mer.
>>>>
>>>> Is this ever an acceptable variation?
>>>
>>>I don't think I've ever heard 'Palmer' pronounced without a distinct l.
>>
>> Went to school with this guy - Dick Palmer. I think his grandfather
>> founded the firm, but I never heard his name pronounced any other way
>> but "palm" as in the front of your hand with an added "er". Almost,
>> "pommer".
>>
>> http://www.rmpalmer.com/
>>
>> He transfered to an exclusive prep school in senior high school. We
>> weren't good enough for him.
>
>The palms of all the hands I know have definite ls in them. As do the
>trees and fronds.

"L" as in lousy chocolate, too.

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[John Salmon]

"Mack A. Damia" wrote in message
news:cuuc281nsj6aab74q...@4ax.com...

I often receive telephone calls which start with "is that Mr SaL-mon" or
similar. I always tell the such callers that they have a wrong number. If
callers can't be bothered to address me correctly, I can't be bothered to
talk to them.

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