"folk" with an L

[Tom Zurinskas]

My father, raised in Conn. said the word, film, as "filum" ~filum.  He's the only person I've ever heard say it that way.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+
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> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:34:13 -0500
> From: hwgray at GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: "folk" with an L
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> Poster: Wilson Gray
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> My late stepfather, a St. Louisan thoughout his life, used "ellum" and
> "fillum" for "elm" and "film." I've never heard anyone else use these
> pronunciations in real life, though I'm familiar with them from
> literature.
>
> I say "Sarah" as [sEra]. my brother uses [s&r@]. Both of these
> pronunciations are common enough that I consider both to be
> essentially standard, though of course, [sEr@] is more "standard," it
> being my preference. I have no idea why my brother uses the "wrong"
> pronunciation.
>
> He also says "million" as [mIlj at n], whereas I say [mILj at n].
>
> How it is that he uses these less-"standard" pronunciations I have no
> idea. Probably just to annoy me.
>
> -Wilson
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> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 8:10 PM, James Harbeck wrote:
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>>>He pronounces the "L" in "folksinger" very distinctly. I've never heard
>>>that before; nor, apparently, has OED.
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>> 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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> --
> -Wilson
> –––
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