"folk" with an L

[Jonathan Lighter]

In my day, students would have jumped at the chance.

JL

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:13 AM, David Bergdahl <dlbrgdhl at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Of course, there's always Norfolk with two distinct syllables and an L as
> heard on our student radio station--in order to avoid saying [f^k] on the
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> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Steve Kl. <stevekl at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > It's nice to know that I'm not the only one! I
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> > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:48 AM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com>
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> > > For me, polka with an L is for the dance and polka without the L is for
> > the
> > > dot.
> > > DAD
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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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