"folk" with an L

[James Harbeck]

>He pronounces the "L" in "folksinger" very distinctly.  I've never heard
>that before; nor, apparently, has OED.

My brother does it all the time. Not sure where he got it, because I
don't do it and I never noticed my parents doing it either. Probably
just a pertinacious spelling pronunciation. He grew up in Alberta in
the late '60s and '70s.

James Harbeck.

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