"folk" with an L

David A. Daniel dad at POKERWIZ.COM
Tue Mar 16 14:48:07 UTC 2010


For me, polka with an L is for the dance and polka without the L is for the
dot.
DAD

>This morning on MSNBC a news reader used the word "polka," with /l/.
>Back in the 50s in SE Michigan, the southern Chicago suburbs, and
>Milwaukee I remember it pronounced without the /l/.

Herb

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