"folk" with an L

[Steve Kl.]

For what it's worth, I pronounce "polka" - the dance - with a very definite
/l/, but "polka dot" without the /l/, because for me, "polka" - the dance,
is as much a Czech word as it is an English word, whereas "polka dot" is an
anglicized thing.



On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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/.
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> Herb
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